Experts suggest establishing a circuit breaker mechanism for frozen imported food

Shandong Province recently discovered that some imported frozen pork products tested positive for nucleic acid on the outer packaging, and part of this batch of pork entered the terminal market and sold to consumers

Some people in the industry believe that after entering the country, the frozen products in question will enter the terminal consumer market through centralized wholesale sales, creating new pressures for domestic epidemic prevention and control

Imported frozen pork with positive packaging flows into the end market

Anqiu City, Shandong Province issued a message on October 30, saying that the office of the leading group (command) of the Anqiu Municipal Party Committee for coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic operation received a notice that "a batch of frozen pork imported from Brazil in the cold chain logistics food was packaged.

At 2:28 a.

The relevant person in charge of the leading group (command) office of the Anqiu Municipal Party Committee for coordinating epidemic prevention and control and economic operation said that the outer packaging cartons for packaging pork have been traced to the waste collection station, and have been found and incinerated

The reporter learned from Yantai City that in response to a letter from a foreign city reporting that a sample of frozen pork outer packaging imported by an enterprise in Yantai City was positive for the nucleic acid test of the new coronavirus, Qixia Mingyi Food Co.

Since the early morning of October 31, Yantai City has further expanded the scope of inspection and testing, and has traced and tested all the goods sold by the company and the places and personnel involved

According to the relevant person in charge of Wendeng District, Weihai City, there were two batches of 2,400 kilograms of goods involved in Wendeng District, which flowed in on September 22 and October 8, respectively, and were sold out on October 22 and October 14, and their whereabouts have been completed.

Forming new pressure for epidemic prevention and control

Judging from the prevention and control measures taken by many places in Shandong for this batch of imported frozen pork products, especially the frozen pork products that have entered the consumer market, all places have activated relevant emergency mechanisms under the normalized epidemic prevention and control state, and the measures taken are timely and effective.

　　In response to the fact that imported frozen pork products have entered the consumer market, Anqiu City issued a notice asking relevant citizens to voluntarily conduct nucleic acid testing

　　Li Feifei, deputy chief physician of the Department of Infectious Diseases of Shandong Provincial Hospital, said that frozen products, especially cold chain transportation, preserve the vitality of the virus, enable it to spread across regions, and increase the difficulty of epidemic prevention.

　　"Strictly speaking, all personnel including consumers in the circulation of such pork should be isolated and excluded by nucleic acid testing, but the end-consumer population is too scattered, which makes it difficult to implement

　　Some experts believe that the nucleic acid test of imported cold chain food and outer packaging has been found to be positive in many places in the past few days, which has issued a warning to domestic epidemic prevention and control: if the imported cold chain products are not strictly controlled, the effect of "foreign import prevention" is difficult to guarantee, " The pressure on internal non-proliferation will also increase sharply

　　This risk will persist

　　The relevant person in charge of Wendeng District said that due to the long time span, the items involved flowed into Wendeng on September 22 and October 8, respectively.

　　Weaving the normalized epidemic prevention and control network

　　Some experts believe that the epidemic situation abroad is still serious.

　　Zhang Boli, academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, recently stated publicly that although the source of the spread of the epidemic has not yet been determined, the imported cold chain items have to make us vigilant and guard against this loophole.
may appear elsewhere
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We can block the import of foreign personnel through strict isolation and general screening, but the prevention and control of frozen food or goods in "dark places" needs to be more stringent
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　　He believes that a series of measures should be taken in this regard, including that relevant state departments should establish a circuit breaker mechanism for frozen imported food, suspend imports for two months from countries and regions where virus products are found; carry out environmental sanitation transformation on farmers' wholesale and seafood markets, and freeze frozen food.
Separate areas independently, establish a full traceability mechanism for frozen food supply links,
etc.

　　Properly promote the use of centralized supervision facilities
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In response to the current discovery of defective frozen products, comprehensive traceability is required.
Contacts are often screened in a large area, and nucleic acid testing of the environment, products, and personnel is carried out in a large area, and even the practice of suspending production and business in the industry is adopted.
The administrative cost and social cost are large
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Some experts believe that in order to do a good job of "storage", "testing" and "traceability", we can learn from the current practice of establishing centralized supervision warehouses in Shenzhen, Taiyuan and other places, and move the risk screening points forward to the centralized supervision warehouse to prevent the transfer to the downstream.
operators and consumers
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　　Explore the unified packaging and efficient sterilization technology of imported frozen food
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Yang Lieyong suggested that imported frozen food should be uniformly packaged in a fully enclosed, integrated package, which can withstand immersion in disinfectant, can be heated in hot water, microwave ovens, and induction cookers without damage, and is not harmful to the human body
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Before entering the market, all imported frozen food must be immersed and sterilized in the outer packaging to kill the new coronavirus that may exist on the surface of the packaging
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　　Ports, cold chain transportation and food practitioners, frozen food operators, and consumers must carry out special management
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Some experts believe that in order to weave the prevention and control chain, port, cold chain transportation and food practitioners must operate in strict accordance with relevant norms and requirements, and those who come into contact with imported frozen food, whether they are operators or consumers, need to register.
, to facilitate timely response when the situation is discovered
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　　Guide consumers to develop good habits and avoid potential risks
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Li Feifei, Liang Zongan, director of the Department of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, West China Hospital, Sichuan University, and others suggested that consumers should be guided to form good hygiene habits and try to avoid direct contact with their hands when purchasing imported frozen food; It can be sterilized with 75% alcohol; when storing such products, it is best to use independent closed packaging; when cutting, pay attention to the separation of raw and cooked; the food should be fully cooked before eating
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