China News Service, Zhengzhou, March 16th (Liu Peng) In response to the influx of "clenbuterol" mutton in Qingxian County, Hebei, the Zhengzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau on the 16th gave the city’s agricultural product wholesale market, farmer’s market and its surroundings, merchants dealing in mutton food Carry out a comprehensive investigation.
The picture shows a farmer’s market in Zhengzhou, where market supervisors check merchants selling mutton one by one.
Photo by Zhao Hui
On the evening of the 15th, CCTV's "March 15" party exposed the news that "Clenbuterol" lamb was flowing to many places in the country in Qingxian County.
Which involves several agricultural products trading markets in Zhengzhou.
After the incident was exposed, the Henan side issued a notice overnight, requesting a thorough investigation of the influx of "clenbuterol" mutton throughout the province.
In Zhengzhou, the public security, market supervision, agricultural and rural departments and other departments quickly raided the agricultural product wholesale market overnight.
Among them, in the beef and mutton trading area of the Wanbang International Agricultural Products Logistics Park, the joint inspection team temporarily detained the relevant account books of the exposed merchants, sealed the mutton being sold and conducted on-site inspections.
The picture shows a farmer’s market in Zhengzhou, where market supervisors check merchants selling mutton one by one.
Photo by Zhao Hui
The Zhengzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau also stated on the 16th that it has decided to conduct a comprehensive investigation of the whole city's edible agricultural product wholesale market, farmer's market and its surrounding mutton food operators.
The key areas for investigation are edible agricultural products wholesale markets, farmer’s markets and their surrounding areas, rural areas, urban-rural areas and other areas, focusing on inspections of merchants’ business licenses, upstream supplier qualifications, inspection and quarantine certificates, and certificates and tickets.
On the morning of the 16th, the reporter went to a number of farmer's markets in Zhengzhou to visit on the spot.
At the Beishuncheng Street Beef and Mutton Market, when the "Clenbuterol" mutton incident was raised, a stall owner repeatedly stated that he "has been aware of it."
"My production license, business license, ledger, and clenbuterol quarantine ticket are complete, and each sheep has a quarantine pass stamp. We will not sell meat containing'clenbuterol'."
"Last night at around ten o'clock, we had not closed the door yet, and law enforcement agencies such as industry and commerce, quarantine and quarantine in the jurisdiction came to make surprise inspections." Another beef and mutton stall owner told reporters, "Relevant departments have often come to check before. We have been here for many years. The old market does not sell that kind of (Clenbuterol) lamb, it can withstand inspection."
At 9 o'clock in the morning of the same day, at a farmer's market on Fengchan Road, the staff of the Jinshui District Market Supervision Bureau were checking the merchants selling lamb one by one, mainly whether the purchase channels and procedures were complete.
Merchants with missing purchase receipts, unclear purchase channels, and no valid inspection and quarantine certificates found during the inspection are prohibited from suspending sales and accept further investigations.
The picture shows a farmer’s market in Zhengzhou, where market supervisors are inspecting meat dealers one by one.
Photo by Zhao Hui
Public information shows that as of 10 am on the 16th, the Jinshui District Market Supervision Bureau dispatched 191 law enforcement personnel to investigate 22 farmer’s markets, 62 mutton operators, 29 supermarkets, 23 batches of fast inspection, and clenbuterol testing. All were negative, and no "clenbuterol" lamb was found to enter the market in this jurisdiction.
The Zhengzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau reported that it will increase the number of rapid inspection batches, and use rapid inspection equipment and rapid inspection vehicles to conduct rapid sampling inspections for the presence of "clenbuterol".
At the same time, organize a third-party testing company to implement supervision and random inspections, or take samples from law enforcement personnel and send them to Zhengzhou Food and Drug Inspection Institute for inspection.
If the quick test is positive, the source is unknown, and the lamb from the "3·15" reported area will be spot-checked.
According to reports, if any mutton from Qingxian County is found in Zhengzhou during the inspection, it will be sealed up immediately and can only be sold after passing the inspection.
At the same time, find the source of illegal "Clenbuterol", severely crack down on illegal sales and illegal use of "Clenbuterol", and dig deep into the black interest chain and "protective umbrella."
Anyone suspected of committing a crime shall be handed over to the judicial organs and severely punished.
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