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Original title: How to deal with nucleic acid positive outer packaging frozen food from frozen hair tails imported from Indonesia? Source: Fast Technology
On September 18, the official website of the General Administration of Customs announced that it had taken emergency preventive measures against an Indonesian aquatic products company. As a result of 1 batch of frozen horsetail imported from Indonesia and 1 outer packaging sample tested positive for novel coronavirus, according to the General Administration of Customs Announcement No. 103 of 2020, the national customs will suspend acceptance from Indonesia PT.PUTRI INDAH (registration number CR010) -02) The import declaration of aquatic product manufacturers is one week, and it will automatically resume after expiration.
It is reported that food and its packaging materials may be contaminated by the new coronavirus if produced, processed and transported by a person infected with the new coronavirus.
This is because when people infected with the new coronavirus are engaged in food production and commercial activities, they can contaminate the surfaces of objects in contact with them, such as countertops, taps, door handles, food, packaging materials. of food, etc., causing contamination of food and packaging materials.
After the new coronavirus contaminates food and its packaging, it cannot reproduce in food or its packaging materials. Survival time at room temperature is limited, but the new coronavirus will survive for a long time in a low-temperature environment.
In addition, seafood processing plants, livestock and poultry processing and slaughter plants, fresh food markets and other places are low and humid, the environment is relatively closed, and crowds are dense, which favors the spread of the new corona virus.
Therefore, frozen food and its packaging surfaces are severely contaminated and when handled, processed or sold in environments with low temperature, high humidity and poor ventilation, they can become carriers of the new coronavirus.
As long as consumers handle and process food suspected of being contaminated by the new coronavirus in the correct way, the possibility of contracting the new coronavirus through food and its packaging is extremely low.
Consumers should consider the five key food safety points recommended by the World Health Organization: keep clean, separate raw from cooked, cook well, keep food at a safe temperature, and use safe water and raw materials.
Pay particular attention to the following points:
(1) Wash your hands frequently before and after handling food and packaging (especially frozen aquatic products and meat from high-risk epidemic areas) and avoid touching your mouth, eyes, and nose with dirty hands.
(2) Wash food carefully before processing and pay attention to avoid splashing water when washing. Do not rinse raw meat products directly under the tap to avoid contamination from splashes (if you really need to wash, you can put the meat in a container full of clean water).
(3) During the cooking process, please clean and disinfect the countertops and kitchen utensils in time. Heating and cooking is an effective disinfection method.
(4) Containers, knives and cutting boards for storing and handling food should be separated from raw and cooked, especially when handling raw meat, raw aquatic products and other foods to avoid cross contamination.
(5) Food must be fully cooked. The coronavirus is not resistant to heat. Normal cooking temperature (70 ° C, 5 minutes) can kill the virus.
(6) Consume prepared food as soon as possible and store at room temperature for no more than 2 hours. Food that cannot be eaten in time should be refrigerated or frozen. Heat leftovers before eating.
(7) The purchase of fresh meat, aquatic products and other food materials, food cleaning and processing, cleaning kitchen utensils and dishes, and hand washing should use clean water.
