Shanxi Consumer Association issued consumption tips - rational treatment of semi-finished pre-made dishes

With the acceleration of the pace of life, many people want to enjoy both delicious food and save trouble, and semi-finished pre-made dishes have become a new choice
.
Behind the convenience, there are also some problems
with semi-finished pre-made dishes.
For example, pre-made dishes put many foods of different properties in the same container, and there is a problem of cross-flavoring; Destruction or loss of certain vitamins during storage, transportation, processing and repeated cooking; Many half-cooked vegetables, if seasoned, will produce nitrite, unseasoned vegetables in the storage process, will evaporate water, nutrition and taste may be lost; There are also some businesses with incomplete qualifications, or even no qualifications, processing pre-made dishes in the back kitchen, the equipment is not up to standard, and the food is not separated from raw and cooked, and the food safety risks have increased
.

In this regard, the Shanxi Provincial Consumer Association recently issued a consumption tip
for semi-finished pre-made dishes.
The problem of semi-finished pre-made dishes requires market supervision departments, consumer associations, media, Internet platforms and other aspects and levels of joint supervision and governance, and as consumers, we must also do the following to jointly ensure "safety on the tip of the tongue"
.

First, log in to the official website of the market supervision department, inquire about the food production license, and check whether the enterprise has the production qualification of semi-finished dishes; Second, when purchasing pre-made dishes, pay attention to whether the food packaging has a manufacturer, production date, whether it has passed the shelf life, whether the food raw materials and nutritional ingredients are labeled, and do not buy three or no products; Third, check whether the food and its packaging have the due sensory properties, if there is spoilage, rancidity, mildew, insects or other abnormal sensory characteristics, can not be eaten; Pay attention to personal hygiene, wash hands before eating and after using the toilet, wash and disinfect tableware, do not use unclean containers to hold food, and reduce the risk of
food poisoning.

(Meng Ting)

China Food News(November 03, 2022, Version 08)

(Editor: Wang Jiayi)