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Original title: What is the risk of selling to 25 provinces in half a month? —— Zaozhuang “Pandemic” Milk Dates Tracking
Xinhua News Agency, Jinan, Feb 1, title: How big is the risk of selling to 25 provinces in half a month? —— Zaozhuang “Pandemic” Milk Dates Tracking
Xinhua News Agency, “Xinhua Point of View” reporter, Shao Luwen and Yan Xiangling
Recently, some milk jujube products from a company in Zaozhuang, Shandong tested positive for nucleic acid and were sold to 25 provinces, including Chongqing, Zhejiang and Sichuan, raising social concern.
How are these “epidemic-related” dairy dates produced? How high is the risk of related products infecting people? The “Xinhua Viewpoint” reporter conducted an investigation.
Sold in 25 provinces in half a month, buyers include both food wholesalers and individuals
Jujube de leche is usually made from pitted jujube coated in powdered milk, and is the favorite snack of many young people. The reporter learned that Zaozhuang’s “epidemic-affected” milk dates this time were caused by the manufacturer’s use of whey powder that tested positive for nucleic acid.
The reporter learned from the non-cold chain group of the Container Epidemic Prevention and Control Special Class imported from Shandong Province that an international trading company in Tianjin imported 100 tons of serum powder from Ukraine through from Tianjin port on December 24 last year, of which 10 tons were lost on January 5. It was bought by Shandong Jiuxu Biotechnology Co., Ltd., located in Zaozhuang, Shandong, and was used as a raw material for the production of dairy dates. On January 14, the city of Tianjin found a positive result in the nucleic acid test of imported raw material serum powder; During an in-depth traceability and flow investigation, some of the imported milk powder “related to the epidemic” was found to involve Shandong, and then on the night of January 18, the non-cold chain group was informed of Shandong province imported container epidemic prevention and control special class.
The Zaozhuang Epidemic Prevention Department took 460 samples from the factory environment of the companies involved, whey powder and outer packaging “related to the epidemic”, jujube milk products (semi-finished and finished products), outer packaging and finished products from offline distributors, etc. The nucleic acid test was positive for 64 samples.
Liu Jizhong, deputy mayor of Zaozhuang City and leader of the Crown Pneumonia New Epidemic Prevention and Control Joint Working Mechanism in Zaozhuang City, said that according to the investigation, the relevant companies have used 5,475 tons of whey powder to produce 31.36 tons of milk. jujube products (25.03 tons of finished products and 6.33 tons of semi-finished products) 22.22 tons of finished products have been sold. Among them, offline sales of 17.72 tons, involving 5 cities in Shandong, Jiangsu and Anhui (Linyi, Xuzhou, Lianyungang, Wuhu and Zaozhuang), a total of 9 distributors; Online sales through the Pinduoduo platform, Alibaba platform 4.5 tons, a With a total of 13,944 orders, involving 321 cities and counties in 25 provinces, including Beijing, Fujian, Gansu and Guangdong, buyers include both wholesalers from food as individuals.
The reporter reviewed and discovered that samples positive for entry of milk jujube nucleic acid had been tested in some locations. At present, 36 samples tested positive in Chongqing, followed by 12 positive samples in Zhejiang, and some provinces have not yet announced the relevant situation. The reporter learned that at 9:50 p.m. on January 30, Zaozhuang City has sent all information about the flow of goods to the relevant cities.
The possibility of contracting a new coronary pneumonia through dates is unlikely
After “epidemic-related” dairy dates are in circulation, how great is the risk? Health departments in various regions have recently issued circulars to remind citizens to reduce unnecessary panic.
The Guizhou Provincial Health Commission recalled that since the whey powder used in the production and processing of dairy dates is a dry food that is not part of the cold chain and is stored at room temperature, this batch of dates Dairy “related to the epidemic” has been imported from materials, processed and produced, and then delivered to consumers. Stored at room temperature for more than a month, and so far, there have been no reports of cases of direct contact with the product throughout the country, nor reports of isolation of live viruses from this batch. Therefore, although the product has detected nucleic acid viruses, it is positive, but it is less contagious, and the risk of new infection of coronary pneumonia caused by this product is not high.
The notification issued by the Chongqing Municipal Health Commission showed that after the analysis and judgment of relevant experts in Chongqing, the risk of people contracting a new coronary pneumonia caused by this batch of articles is low.
According to Lei Jie, the leading expert in the field of public health emergency response from the Shandong Provincial Center for Disease Control and Prevention, from a professional point of view, a humid and low-temperature environment is suitable for the survival of the virus. Whey powder is a dry powder, and the dry powder is not suitable for virus survival; from a technical point of view, milk Although jujube or whey powder has a positive nucleic acid test, its viral load is very low. in a sense, it is not a live virus and it is not infectious. Additionally, current nucleic acid test results for all personnel involved are negative, including the workers who were the first to come in contact with this batch of serum powder. “Based on these three points, we can judge that through this approach, the chance of contracting a new coronary pneumonia is very small,” Lei Jie said.
Li Ning, deputy director of the National Center for Food Safety Risk Assessment, stated at a press conference of the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council that the new coronavirus is a respiratory virus and the possibility of infection through the digestive tract it is extremely small. The novel coronavirus nucleic acid test is primarily for the nucleic acid fragments of the virus. Either a live virus or a killed virus, it can be positive for nucleic acid; a positive nucleic acid for food does not mean it is infectious. So far, there have been no reports of consumers contracting the new coronavirus while purchasing and processing food.
All regions also weave a dense network for the prevention and control of epidemics
“After receiving the notice, the city of Zaozhuang carried out an on-site check on the companies involved overnight and suspended all production and sale of products.” Li Zhongxiao, leader of the Zaozhuang City Non-Cold Chain Group, Import Container Epidemic Prevention and Control Special Class, said that the epidemic prevention department is the first in time, 15.36 tons will be delivered of unused “epidemic related” powdered serum, finished and semi-finished products and unsold packaging materials at the factory and outlets totaling 15.36 tons to a professional medical waste disposal company for destruction and disinfection of all epidemic sites.
The reporter found that after receiving the risk warning letter for the influx of dairy products with dates “related to the epidemic” in Zaozhuang city, Guizhou, Chongqing, Hunan, Tianjin and other places, the personnel were investigated and tracked. that he had contact with products “related to the epidemic.” In accordance with epidemic prevention and control requirements, “Pandemic” product personnel implement centralized isolation control measures and perform nucleic acid testing, and all unconsumed “epidemic-related” dates and milk containers are recovered and treated as medical waste. At the same time, relevant samples from the external environment were collected and analyzed as soon as possible, and the external environment related to “epidemic-related” products was completely disinfected.
After the Shandong Provincial Market Supervision Office issued a notification letter to the market supervision departments of 24 other provinces, according to the comments of the current return visit, all the people involved in the entry of this lot of products had negative nucleic acid tests.
Li Yuhong, Deputy Director of the Shandong Provincial Market Supervision Office, said preventive testing and disinfection of non-cold chain containerized products imported directly from abroad should be carried out; So far, Shandong has sterilized handles and containers (devices) 39,900 times The inner wall was 19,100 times, the outer packaging of the goods was 1,160,100 pieces, and the transport vehicles were 32,300 times, the operators were tested every three days and 27,000 nucleic acid tests were performed.
“The occurrence of the milk jujube incident ‘related to the epidemic’ has also sounded the alarm for the prevention of the epidemic. Especially the interprovincial work of prevention and control of the epidemic reflects the importance of joint prevention and control.” . Li Yuhong said that Shandong will urge the next step. The company further strengthens control of the origin of imported products, loading, unloading, storage and transportation operations, production, processing and sales. Regularly conducts nucleic acid tests for new coronaviruses in the workplaces and employees of production and operation of imported products. and continues to exchange information and joint prevention with other provinces. Joint control work, weaving a dense prevention and control network, and maximizing control of the spread of the new corona virus from the outside to the inside through logistics channels.
Li Ning said that under the standardization of epidemic prevention and control, consumers should also increase their protection awareness. Throughout the food handling and packaging process, wash your hands frequently, maintain good hygiene, do not touch your mouth, eyes and nose with dirty hands, and pay more attention when handling imported food.
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