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Chuqi Vegetable Industry is a large vegetable reprocessing enterprise in Huarong County, Hunan Province.
It processes sauerkraut products for many well-known enterprises, and also processes Laotan sauerkraut buns for some instant noodle enterprises .
It processes sauerkraut products for many well-known enterprises, and also processes Laotan sauerkraut buns for some instant noodle enterprises .
In the cleaning workshop of the flag-raising vegetable industry, bags of sauerkraut were randomly stacked on the ground.
After machine cleaning, chopping, mixing, packaging , and sterilization , Laotan sauerkraut buns were made
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After machine cleaning, chopping, mixing, packaging , and sterilization , Laotan sauerkraut buns were made
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So, where does the sauerkraut that makes these Laotan sauerkraut buns come from?
According to the official website of Zhiqi Vegetable Industry Company, it has 300 high-standard indoor pickling
pools and pickles sauerkraut by itself .
In the pickling area of the flag-jumping vegetable industry, the reporter saw a standardized pickling pool.
The workers were wearing specific work clothes.
However, the production manager told the reporter that these sauerkraut were used to process export products.
The sauerkraut in the sauerkraut bag is not pickled here, but from another source
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pools and pickles sauerkraut by itself .
In the pickling area of the flag-jumping vegetable industry, the reporter saw a standardized pickling pool.
The workers were wearing specific work clothes.
However, the production manager told the reporter that these sauerkraut were used to process export products.
The sauerkraut in the sauerkraut bag is not pickled here, but from another source
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Reporter: You pickled it yourself and made it for export.
The food in the instant noodle bag is made from the vegetables you collected from the soil pit?
The food in the instant noodle bag is made from the vegetables you collected from the soil pit?
Manager Peng of Hunan Flagship Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
: Well, yes
.
, Ltd.
: Well, yes
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The workers told reporters that the sauerkraut in the woven bags stacked in the cleaning workshop was purchased from outside
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The reporter followed the company's truck and found a place to pickle sauerkraut in a farmland near Tongfu Village
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The pickled sauerkraut is in a pit, and workers are taking out and bagging the pickled sauerkraut
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The pickled sauerkraut is in a pit, and workers are taking out and bagging the pickled sauerkraut
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Reporter: Who receives this dish?
Delivery driver: Raise the flag
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Reporter: Raising a flag? Is that the flag planting business?
Delivery driver: Yes
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Reporter: Now you are all for the flag-raising vegetable industry, right?
Farmer: Hmm
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The reporter saw that some workers were wearing slippers or bare feet, stepping on the sauerkraut, and even the scales that weighed the sauerkraut were placed directly on the sauerkraut
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Soon the truck was filled with pickled sauerkraut in the pit, and the reporter followed along.
Fifty minutes later, the truck drove into the Flagstaff Vegetable Industry
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Soon the truck was filled with pickled sauerkraut in the pit, and the reporter followed along.
Fifty minutes later, the truck drove into the Flagstaff Vegetable Industry
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Reporter: Do we accept that sauerkraut?
Workshop Director of Hunan Pangqi Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
: Accept
.
, Ltd.
: Accept
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Reporter: Is it the pickled cabbage in the pit?
Workshop Director of Hunan Pangqi Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
: Yes
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, Ltd.
: Yes
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According to the " Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China ", food producers should check the supplier's license and product qualification certificate; for food raw materials that cannot provide qualification certificates, they should be tested according to food safety standards
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However, the person in charge of production told reporters that the flag-planting vegetable industry does not test for hygiene indicators
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However, the person in charge of production told reporters that the flag-planting vegetable industry does not test for hygiene indicators
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Reporter: After the vegetables in the pit were collected, were the health indicators checked?
Manager Peng of Hunan Chuanqi Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
: Hygiene indicators, hygiene indicators are not checked
.
, Ltd.
: Hygiene indicators, hygiene indicators are not checked
.
Laotan sauerkraut buns are known as "Laotan craftsmanship, which is fermented for a long time
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"
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In a dim warehouse, the reporter did see some jars, but the worker told the reporter that the sauerkraut in the Laotan sauerkraut bag had not been fermented in the jar
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Reporter: Is there secondary fermentation?
Worker of Hunan Pangqi Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
:
No.
, Ltd.
:
No.
Reporter: Just use the pile outside, just the one in the cleaning workshop I saw?
Worker of Hunan Pangqi Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
: Hmm
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, Ltd.
: Hmm
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Manager Yan of Hunan Chuanqi Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
: It does not require secondary fermentation, no need
.
, Ltd.
: It does not require secondary fermentation, no need
.
It turns out that the so-called Laotan sauerkraut is just a downright sauerkraut
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The production manager, Manager Peng, admitted that although the flag-cooking vegetable industry has its own standardized pickling pool, the sauerkraut from here basically does not contain any impurities, but these are all used as export products, and the sauerkraut processed for food companies is all It is the harvested sauerkraut
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The same is sauerkraut, why are there two different production methods?
Manager Peng of Hunan Changqi Vegetable Industry Co.
, Ltd.
: It is a domestic product.
When you get to the consumer, there is a little leaf and a little fiber in it.
At most, you will be fined one thousand (yuan) and two thousand (yuan).
If you go abroad If you go, you will be fined at least one hundred thousand (yuan)
.
, Ltd.
: It is a domestic product.
When you get to the consumer, there is a little leaf and a little fiber in it.
At most, you will be fined one thousand (yuan) and two thousand (yuan).
If you go abroad If you go, you will be fined at least one hundred thousand (yuan)
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Manager Peng said that the finished products processed by using Tukeng sauerkraut may contain some impurities, which are difficult to be detected by the naked eye due to multiple processes such as chopping
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How are these sauerkraut pickled?
Every early spring, when the mustard greens are ripe, there is a big pit next to the vegetable field, and workers pour the mustard greens pulled from the field into the pit
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The reporter noticed that these mustard greens were not cleaned, and some of them even had withered and yellowed leaves placed, add water, salt, etc.
, wrap them in film, cover with soil and pickle directly
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The reporter noticed that these mustard greens were not cleaned, and some of them even had withered and yellowed leaves placed, add water, salt, etc.
, wrap them in film, cover with soil and pickle directly
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Reporter: How many pits like ours are there?
Farmer: All the way, it's all pits
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In some farmlands in Huarong County, the reporter saw that there were indeed many pits where pickled sauerkraut was preserved
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After three months, the sauerkraut was marinated
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From July to January of the next year, manufacturers will come here one after another to buy sauerkraut
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Like the sauerkraut purchased by the flag-pickling vegetable industry, workers either wear slippers or bare feet and step on the sauerkraut
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Some even work while smoking, and throw the cigarette butts directly on the sauerkraut
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Like the sauerkraut purchased by the flag-pickling vegetable industry, workers either wear slippers or bare feet and step on the sauerkraut
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Some even work while smoking, and throw the cigarette butts directly on the sauerkraut
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Farmers: All over the country, Hubei, Sichuan, and Shanghai are all taken away
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The Yayuan Pickled Vegetable Food Factory in Junshan District, Yueyang City produces this 1kg package of sauerkraut products, which are mainly sold to some catering companies
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Reporter: Do we also accept vegetables from farmers’ soil pits here?
Manager Li of Yayuan Pickled Vegetable Food Factory in Junshan District, Yueyang City: I also accept it
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In the workshop, a large number of sour mustards were directly unloaded on the ground, some bags had cracked, and the sauerkraut fell directly on the ground
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Reporter: Do we have to test these things when we take them back?
Manager Li, Yayuan Pickles Food Factory, Junshan District, Yueyang City: crispness, moisture, acidity
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Reporter: Then we usually don’t check these when we bring them in, right? Bacteria and E.
coli?
coli?
Manager Li of Yayuan Pickled Vegetable Food Factory in Junshan District, Yueyang City: No inspection
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After washing, derooting, and cutting, the sauerkraut is transported to the next process
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In the packaging workshop, a worker is filling a sauerkraut bag with liquid with a spoon
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Reporter: What kind of water did you add?
Worker at Yayuan Pickle Food Factory in Junshan District, Yueyang City: I don't know
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Haixia Pickles Factory also processes sauerkraut for the back kitchen of the catering industry
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The workshop is full of stains, and the sauerkraut to be processed is stacked directly on the ground.
It is easier to clean the sauerkraut here.
Just pass it through the water, then cut it directly, bag it, add preservatives, and seal the bag
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The workshop is full of stains, and the sauerkraut to be processed is stacked directly on the ground.
It is easier to clean the sauerkraut here.
Just pass it through the water, then cut it directly, bag it, add preservatives, and seal the bag
.
During the investigation, practitioners revealed to reporters that because the pickling time of sauerkraut is short, it will turn black and rotten in about a month or two after being packaged, and sometimes excessive preservatives are added during processing
.
.
Manager Liu of Tantan Qiao Food Co.
, Ltd.
: The preservatives in the sauerkraut we are making now exceed the standard, mainly the color protectant, sodium metabisulfite, and sulfur dioxide
.
I know the products we are making now.
If I make them, they will exceed the standard
.
, Ltd.
: The preservatives in the sauerkraut we are making now exceed the standard, mainly the color protectant, sodium metabisulfite, and sulfur dioxide
.
I know the products we are making now.
If I make them, they will exceed the standard
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Reporter: How much will this place exceed the standard?
Manager Liu of Tantan Qiao Food Co.
, Ltd.
: It is determined according to the climate
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, Ltd.
: It is determined according to the climate
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Reporter: How much will it exceed in summer?
Manager Liu of Tantan Qiao Food Co.
, Ltd.
: Generally, it exceeds two to ten times
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, Ltd.
: Generally, it exceeds two to ten times
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Manager Liu said that although the amount was overdone, they had already used the preservatives well and were not afraid of being investigated
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Manager Liu of Tantan Qiao Food Co.
, Ltd.
: We played a little edge ball on this thing
.
, Ltd.
: We played a little edge ball on this thing
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Reporter: How did you do it?
Manager Liu of Tantan Qiao Food Co.
, Ltd.
: That is to say, this product, whether it has all the preservatives or the color protector, it is volatile
.
The data you added today, the product we made today, it is a piece of data that you detect today, and its data will be different after you pass half a month
.
You are now making more than double the amount, but it will not exceed the standard in a month
.
, Ltd.
: That is to say, this product, whether it has all the preservatives or the color protector, it is volatile
.
The data you added today, the product we made today, it is a piece of data that you detect today, and its data will be different after you pass half a month
.
You are now making more than double the amount, but it will not exceed the standard in a month
.
Jinrui Food Co.
, Ltd.
is the largest sauerkraut processing enterprise in Huarong County, and it also processes Laotan sauerkraut for some food companies
.
, Ltd.
is the largest sauerkraut processing enterprise in Huarong County, and it also processes Laotan sauerkraut for some food companies
.
Reporter: Is it also the sauerkraut and beans from the harvest pit?
Production Manager of Jinrui Food Co.
, Ltd.
: We don't have enough in our pool
.
, Ltd.
: We don't have enough in our pool
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The person in charge of production admitted that the sauerkraut in the soil pit collected from farmers will go through multiple processes such as cleaning, fermentation in the jar for seven days, and chopping.
Some of the original impurities are difficult to detect with the naked eye
.
Some of the original impurities are difficult to detect with the naked eye
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Head of production of Jinrui Food Co.
, Ltd.
: It must not be washed clean, but it can be bought by oneself (preserved with fresh vegetables)
.
The outside is in the pit, and inside there are branches, snails, feathers, and smoking cigarette butts
.
, Ltd.
: It must not be washed clean, but it can be bought by oneself (preserved with fresh vegetables)
.
The outside is in the pit, and inside there are branches, snails, feathers, and smoking cigarette butts
.
