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Original title: Many places have reported that imported food from the cold chain is positive, what is the risk and how to prevent it?
Recently, the new coronavirus has been detected in the outer packaging of imported food from the cold chain in many places in China. CBN reporters reviewed official notifications from various locations and found that from November 13-18, 10 cities had notified imported cold chain food and its outer packaging that the new coronavirus test was positive or weakly positive. Among them, Wuhan, Jining and Xiamen have been notified twice.
The cities mentioned comprise many provinces and cities from south to north, imports include Brazil, Argentina, Malaysia and other countries, and the products encompass many kinds of fish, beef and pork.
It is worth noting that according to the Tianjin Municipal Health Commission, on November 18, Tianjin added 1 confirmed case of new local coronary pneumonia and 1 asymptomatic local infection, both carriers of Tianjin Hailian Frozen Food Co., Ltd. It is a close contact of the 93rd asymptomatic infection in Tianjin.
In a short period of time, why did cold chain products show positive results in incidents so thickly, and even “material transmission” occurred?
Wu Zunyou, chief epidemiology expert at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, analyzed in an interview with CCTV News. There are three main reasons: First, because the global epidemic of new crowns abroad has become more severe, the number of cases reported worldwide in a single day exceeds 500,000. This increases the possibility of contamination by the new coronavirus. Second, with the arrival of winter in the northern hemisphere, the temperature drops, which causes the virus to survive longer. Finally, several localities have strengthened the inspection and monitoring of cold chain products, so that contaminated items can be discovered in time.
In fact, to prevent the new corona pneumonia virus from entering while it is “cold”, the relevant Chinese authorities have issued multiple regulations.
In November, the Comprehensive Group of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council issued the “Work plan for preventive and complete disinfection of imported food from the cold chain,” which requires that a preventive and complete disinfection be applied before that imported food from the cold chain comes into contact with people in China for the first time; The Ministry of Transport also published the “Guidelines for the Prevention, Control and Disinfection of the New Coronavirus in Food Logistics of the Cold Chain Imported by Highways and Inland Waterways” guide the relevant units and personnel of the food logistics of the imported cold chain to implement the main responsibility for prevention and control, and strengthen the “staff and prevention.”
In this regard, Qin Yuming, general secretary of the Cold Chain Logistics Professional Committee of the China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, told China Business News that the aforementioned plan and guidelines set out comprehensive and detailed requirements on the front ends, middle and back of imported food logistics in the cold chain. For companies, it has great operability.
Qin Yuming said that although the increase in nucleic acid testing and sterilization will increase the operating costs of logistics companies, and the logistics costs paid by shippers may also increase, these measures are necessary in the current prevention and control situation. of epidemics. from.
“It is also worth remembering that attention to preventing the spread of imported cold chain products should not be placed too much on cold chain logistics. In fact, cold chain logistics is only a subdivision of the logistics, which is responsible for ensuring that the Products are delivered from the manufacturer to the shelves. Control at the source may be more important for the prevention of epidemics, “said Qin Yuming.
So what steps can citizens take to minimize risk?
In an interview with Xinhua News Agency, Zhang Boli, an academic at the Chinese Academy of Engineering and president of the Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, made two suggestions: First, couriers should wear masks and gloves to deliver products without contact. . In the case of mail and packages in high-risk areas abroad, after receiving the express, they must first be killed and placed in an open space outdoors, such as a balcony, for a period of time before opening. The second is to avoid direct hand contact when buying frozen food; when storing such products, it is best to use separate closed containers; do not eat raw and cold seafood, which must be fully cooked before eating; also pay attention to food processing. Separate raw and cooked.
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