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Original title: Strictly research and measure multiple protection and strong cold chain resistance “light” the fire of the epidemic
On November 23, staff analyzed nucleic acid samples in the new Tianjin Binhai area.Photo by China News Agency reporter Tong Yu
(Fight against New Coronary Pneumonia) Inspect and measure rigorously multiple protections, strong resistance to cold chains that “light” fires
China News Service, Beijing, November 25. Title: Strictly research and measure the multi-protection, strong resistance cold chain that “ignites” the epidemic.
China News Agency reporter Gao Kai Li Yanan
According to incomplete statistics, since June this year, there have been almost 40 positive cold chain test cases in China. In November, there have been cases in which the outer packaging of imported cold chain food has tested positive for the new coronavirus. In this sense, the Chinese government, which has been widely recognized by the international community for having successfully contained the epidemic, has taken a series of effective measures to vigorously prevent the cold chain from “igniting” the epidemic.
In a press conference held on the 25th by the Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism of the State Council, several experts and relevant officials specifically introduced the pertinent measures.
Strictly verify
According to Li Ning, deputy director of China’s National Food Safety Risk Assessment Center, presented that day, because imported cold chain food and its outer packaging can become a carrier for cross-border transportation of long distance from the new corona virus, China has recently increased its efforts to import cold chain food and its outer packaging. Nucleic acid testing and sampling, testing frequency, frequency and coverage have been increased.
“After intensified monitoring and other measures, problems have been detected and dealt with in a timely manner, thereby reducing the risk of spreading the novel coronavirus,” Li Ning said.
According to Chen Yupace, Market Inspection Commissioner of the Food Management Department of the State Administration for Market Regulation, recently, 9 provinces (cities) including Tianjin and Shandong have successively reported positive detection of nucleic acid from imported food of the cold chain or related information on the influx of food related to the epidemic. After receiving the information notification, the territorial market supervision department immediately organized a thorough investigation of the same batch of nucleic acid positive food and urged the relevant food producers and operators to immediately stop selling, seal the food relevant in special areas and find out the source and whereabouts, stocks and related quantities, and strictly follow the “Guidelines for the disposal of foods with positive nucleic acid of the new coronavirus” for their disposal, and timely notify the relevant provinces about the flow food related to the epidemic.
In addition, local market supervision departments supervise and guide food producers and operators to improve environmental sanitation conditions, strictly implement the main responsibility for food safety, such as purchase inspection, food safety self-inspection, temperature control, traceability management and personnel management, and implement purchases of special channels for imported food from the cold chain. , Storage in special areas, sales in special areas, storage and sales should not be mixed with other foods. Food imported from the cold chain without a disinfection certificate or nucleic acid test certificate will not be produced, processed or marketed. It is strictly forbidden to buy or use imported cold chain food from unknown sources.
In terms of daily supervision, Chen Shipace said that local market supervision departments have accelerated the promotion of third-party cold storage file work and strengthened the retrospective management of imported cold chain food. He presented that the General Administration of Market Supervision organized the research and development of the “Cold chain imported food traceability platform” to connect with traceability systems in various regions in real time, quickly determine the circulation routes of the product and scope of influence, and improve the efficiency of investigation and disposal.
Multiple protection
In addition to comprehensive inspections and tests, in terms of disinfection and protection, the relevant parties have also established layers of barriers to the relevant conditions of imported food from the cold chain.
On November 21, medical workers busy at the nucleic acid test sampling site.Photo by China News Agency reporter Zhang Daozheng
According to Bi Kexin, Director of the Import and Export Food Safety Office of the General Administration of Customs of the People’s Republic of China, from November 9 to 24:00 on November 24, the preventive disinfection of imported food packaging cold chain in the port has accumulated more than 1.6 million pieces, weighing more than 30,000 tons. The scope of disinfection includes outer packaging, containers, air pallets, land transport vans, and bulk fishing vessels of imported cold chain food.
Regarding the specific disinfection of food in the cold chain, Zhang Liubo, chief disinfection expert at the China Center for Disease Control and Prevention and director of the Center for Disinfection and Infection Control of the Environmental Institute, said the joint mechanism of prevention and control of the State Council issued a technical document “Prevention of new coronaviruses in the process of production and operation of food in the cold chain”. “Guide for control and disinfection technology” (hereinafter “Guide”). The document requires surface disinfection of low-temperature cold chain food packaging at room temperature, and surface disinfection of food in low-temperature cold storage. The relevant technical methods are still being investigated and it is hoped that the results can be obtained as soon as possible.
Zhang Liubo said that the current disinfection is aimed at the surface of food packaging, mainly to prevent the risk of contact infection that may be faced in the circulation link; disinfection is to inactivate the virus, and nucleic acid may still exist after inactivation, so the nucleic acid test may be positive. Therefore, there is no need to be overly nervous when finding a positive nucleic acid after disinfection.
Regarding the protection of imported food cold chain workers, Li Ning presented at the press conference that the “Guide” issued by the joint prevention and control mechanism of the State Council requires cold chain workers of food in all aspects of handling, production, processing, transportation, sales and catering. , How to prevent and control the new coronavirus have raised specific requirements. Physicians should strengthen daily protection, health monitoring, and active nucleic acid detection. (End up)
