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    Zhejiang: gangs buy dead turtle bone and grind it into powder at low price and sell it as Chinese herbal medicine for profit

    • Last Update: 2013-11-11
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    From the turtle farmers hand low-cost acquisition, simple processing and then sold to the other 10 tons of dead turtle bones where? Our province stipulates that dead turtle bones must be treated innocuously and never allowed to enter the market □ correspondent Li Wuqi, Chen Xihao, reporter Zhu Yinwen of our newspaper / turtle photographers are all treasures Their meat, armour, blood, head, gall, eggs and fat can be used as medicines They are traditional top-grade Chinese herbal medicines with high medicinal value But the dead turtle will automatically decompose harmful substances, and even cause shock to the eater Recently, Haining police arrested three illegal traders who specially purchased and sold dead armour and fish bones, and seized more than 2000 kg of dead armour and fish bones on the spot What's more shocking is that according to the investigation, three illegal traders have sold at least 10 tons of ground powder of dead and dead armour and fish bones to the Chinese herbal medicine market in Anhui Province, making more than 400000 yuan from it At present, three people have been detained by the police on suspicion of producing and selling fake and inferior products In recent years, our province has been one of the major greenhouse turtle farms in China In Xucun town of Haining, Jiaxing, there are also a large number of farmers engaged in greenhouse Turtle farming The large farmers have more than 100 mu turtle pond At the beginning of August this year, local police found that some people had simply processed the dead armour and fish bones after purchasing them in Xucun Town, and sold them to the traditional Chinese medicine market in other provinces for profit Through the follow-up investigation, the police found that the suspect Li often drove an electric tricycle between the greenhouse turtle sheds in Xucun Town, and purchased the dead turtle bones from the farmers by shouting and introducing After that, Li sent the dead turtle bones to a temporary storage site In order not to let the rotten smell of the dead armour and fish bones leak out, Li will tie the woven bag full of the dead armour and fish bones tightly Usually, after Li bought a certain number of dead turtle bones, he packed them together and sold them to the traditional Chinese medicine market in Anhui Province on a regular basis Then, the turtle bones were made into medicinal powder by local traders and sold to the outside world The other two suspects are Yu and Chen from Xiaoshan According to the investigation, the total amount of the three people's illegal purchase of dead and dead armour bones from hundreds of farmers reached 10 tons, and the amount involved in the case amounted to more than 400000 yuan The police task force successively went to Bozhou City, Fuyang City and other places in Anhui Province to carry out investigation and evidence collection, and mastered the situation of three illegal purchasers At the end of October this year, three suspects were arrested successively, and more than 2000 kg of dead armour and fish bones were seized by the police In a rented house only 10 square meters in size, the police found that 10 woven bags were all bulging and tightly sealed Open a woven bag, a stink came, disgusting There are turtle's back armor and claws in the woven bag, which are yellow or brown With a touch of hand, the bones of these dead turtles have been dried and broken Li Mou, a 50 year old from Bozhou, Anhui Province, is the craziest one among the three illegal traders Li said he has set up a stall in Haining to sell fruit since 2012 One day after this year's Lantern Festival, a famous motorcyclist came to buy fruit When the two chatted, Li learned that the snake skin bag in his car contained dead turtle bones just bought "Don't look down on my two snake skin bags I can make a thousand yuan in a change of hands." The speaker didn't mean to listen After the customer left, Li Mou planned to collect the dead and dead armour and fish bones Li thought to himself, there is a big market for Chinese herbal medicine in his hometown Turtle bone is also a top-grade Chinese herbal medicine There is no problem in the market If you can get money quickly as others say, you can also sell any fruits! After that, Li inquired about the purchase price of armour and fish bones through acquaintances, and then rode an electric tricycle to collect the dead armour and fish bones in Xucun town "It costs about 10 yuan per Jin, and at least 20 yuan for sales This year, I bought about 2000 kg by myself, most of which were shipped to Anhui's traditional Chinese medicine market." Li admitted It has become a public secret that dead turtle bones are sold to hawkers Why can illegal traders easily purchase dead turtle bones from turtle farmers? It has something to do with the dismal turtle business this year "Now there are many people raising turtle The market is not good The price of turtle is down The price of feed is rising year by year I have lost money this year." Haining turtle farmer Zhang boss said Boss Zhang's family has 6 greenhouses and more than 60000 turtle farms Zhang said that in order to make the turtle grow faster and shorten the period, the temperature in the turtle shed is generally controlled at 32 ℃ Because of the high temperature, bacteria are easy to breed, the number of dead turtles will be relatively large The mortality rate of turtle is generally 4% When the temperature is high, it will die more The main reason for this phenomenon is that the scar will fester and die after the turtle is bitten by other turtles The meat of the turtle either rots in the water or is eaten by other turtles, leaving only bones Every time when the pond is cleared, 50 or 60 Jin of turtle bones can be removed When there are many, there are hundreds of Jin " Originally, these broken bones were ignored But after being stared at by illegal traders, it has become a "wealth road" "At first, we were all thrown away as garbage Later, some people came to buy it from villages Sometimes a jin can be sold for 89 yuan, 11 yuan when it's high, and hundreds or even thousands of yuan can be made in a clear pond So many people ignored it." Boss Zhang said frankly Our province has clearly stipulated that the dead turtle bones must be treated innocuously to contain more histidine, which is an important component with special flavor and can produce histidine after decomposition Histamine is a strong straight tube dilator, which can cause the release of a series of allergic substances After death, turtle meat can decompose itself to produce ammonia If people eat dead turtle, they will cause food poisoning " The police cited food experts to point out the serious harm of the dead turtle As for the dead and dead turtle, our province has a clear stipulation: Turtle farmers must deal with the dead and dead turtle innocuously, and are absolutely not allowed to enter the market There are generally two ways of pollution-free treatment, i.e centralized burying and centralized incineration For burying, the pit shall be at least 1m deep and shall be buried in a fixed landfill; for incineration, special fixed places and professional pollution-free treatment facilities shall be provided Haining police said that it was also suspected that the greenhouse turtle farmers sold dead turtle bones to purchasers They are further investigating and collecting evidence through the identification of criminal suspects, and will be punished in accordance with the law according to the illegal facts of the farmers.
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