It is unlikely to contract new coronary pneumonia through milk dates

Recently, the nucleic acid test results of some milk date products from a company in Zaozhuang, Shandong were positive, and they were sold to 25 provinces including Chongqing, Zhejiang, and Sichuan, arousing social concern

Sold to 25 provinces within half a month

Buyers include both food wholesalers and individuals

Milk dates are usually made from jujubes that are pitted and coated with milk powder

The reporter learned from the non-cold chain team of the special class for epidemic prevention and control of imported containers in Shandong Province that an international trading company in Tianjin imported a total of 100 tons of whey powder from Ukraine via Tianjin Port on December 24 last year, of which 10 tons were sold on January 5.

Zaozhuang City's epidemic prevention department took 460 samples from the factory environment of the company involved, "epidemic-related" whey powder and outer packaging, milk jujube products (semi-finished products, finished products) and outer packaging and offline dealers' finished products, etc.

Liu Jizhong, deputy mayor of Zaozhuang City and head of the joint prevention and control mechanism for the new crown pneumonia epidemic in Zaozhuang City, said that according to the investigation, relevant enterprises have used 5.

The reporter combed and found that some places have tested positive samples for the nucleic acid of milk dates.

At present, no consumers have been found to have purchased or processed food

Case reports of infection with the new coronavirus

After the "epidemic-related" milk dates are circulated, what are the risks? Local health departments have recently issued circulars to remind citizens to reduce unnecessary panic

Guizhou Provincial Health and Health Commission reminded that because the whey powder used in the production and processing of milk dates is dry and non-cold-chain food stored at room temperature, the batch of "epidemic-related" milk dates has been imported from raw materials, processed and produced to consumers.

According to the notice issued by the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission, according to the analysis and judgment of relevant experts in Chongqing, the risk of this batch of items causing people to contract new coronary pneumonia is low

Lei Jie, chief expert in the field of handling public health emergencies at the Shandong CDC, introduced that from a professional point of view, a low-temperature and humid environment is suitable for virus survival, while whey powder is dry powder, and dry powder is not suitable for virus survival; from a technical point of view, milk Although the nucleic acid test of jujube or whey powder is positive, the viral load is very low.

Li Ning, deputy director of the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, said at a press conference of the State Council's joint prevention and control mechanism that the new coronavirus is a respiratory virus, and the possibility of infection through the digestive tract is extremely small

All localities further weave a dense epidemic prevention and control network

"After receiving the notice, Zaozhuang City conducted on-the-spot management and control of the enterprises involved overnight, suspending the production and sales of all products

The reporter found that after receiving the risk notification letter for the inflow of "epidemic-related" milk and jujube products in Zaozhuang City, Guizhou, Chongqing, Hunan, Tianjin and other places checked and traced the personnel who contacted "epidemic-related" products in accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control.

After the Shandong Provincial Market Supervision Bureau issued notification letters to the market supervision departments of 24 other provinces, according to the current feedback from the return visit, the nucleic acid tests of all personnel involved in the inflow of this batch of products were negative

Li Yuhong, deputy director of the Shandong Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, said that preventive disinfection and testing should be done for non-cold chain container goods directly imported from abroad; so far, Shandong has disinfected container (device) handles 39,900 times, container (device) 19,100 times for the inner wall, 1,160,100 times for the outer packaging of the goods, and 32,300 times for the means of transportation.

Li Ning said that under the normalization of epidemic prevention and control, consumers should also increase their awareness of protection