Wuhan Business Supermarket temporarily does not sell Ecuador frozen shrimp
Our city continues to carry out normalized full coverage sampling testing
Yangtze River Daily News (Reporter Zhang Weina Liu Chenwei) On July 15th, the heads of many supermarkets such as Zhongbai Warehouse, Wushang Supermarket, RT-Mart, Carrefour and others said in an interview with the Yangtze River Daily reporter that on July 10, supermarkets After the emergency removal of imported shrimp from Ecuador, the sale of the product has been temporarily suspended.
Relevant person in charge of RT-Mart supermarket told reporters that on the afternoon of the 10th, the company had notified the gate stores to remove the imported shrimp, and the relevant departments also went to the supermarket for the first time to carry out nucleic acid tests on the removed products, and the test results were all negative.
Relevant person in charge of Carrefour Supermarket also said that Ecuador frozen shrimp removed from the supermarket has undergone relevant tests. Although the test results are not abnormal, in order to eliminate public concerns, the supermarket does not sell related products.
The responsible person of Zhongbai Warehousing told reporters that the specific product recovery time will be based on the unified requirements of relevant departments. The person in charge also said that he will continue to strengthen the risk investigation of frozen and refrigerated meat to ensure food safety.
What should citizens pay attention to when handling frozen food? How to clean and disinfect refrigerators and freezers? A reporter from the Changjiang Daily interviewed relevant experts from the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention.
Liang Gaodao, deputy director of the Environmental Health and Food Safety Institute of the Wuhan Center for Disease Control, introduced that frozen animal foods can be sterilized with alcohol for external packaging before further processing. After removing the outer packaging, you can use microwave oven or water to soak and unfreeze. Animal foods should be thoroughly steamed and cooked, and eaten without raw or semi-cooked animal foods. During treatment, gloves can be worn if possible. If there are no gloves, hands should be washed frequently during the treatment to keep hands clean. When handling food, avoid touching your face with your hands, especially the mouth, nose, and eyes.
Liang Jiansheng, director of the Center for Disinfection and Vector Biological Control, suggested that the frequency of cleaning and disinfection of refrigerators and freezers should be at least once a month.
He introduced that after powering off the refrigerator and freezer, you can open the refrigerator and freezer door to defrost, empty the contents, and after returning to room temperature, dry the accumulated water. The inner and outer surfaces can be wiped and disinfected twice with 75% alcohol, or sprayed with 1000mg/L quaternary ammonium disinfectant spray, and then cleaned with clean water after 30 minutes of action.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Wuhan CDC, according to the changes in the epidemic prevention and control situation, normal and full-coverage sampling testing will be continued in key places such as large supermarkets and farmers' markets in the city, and risk assessment and research will be carried out according to the test results. Guide the epidemic prevention and control work, and let the people of Wuhan feel at ease.