It’s not the first time that Shangqian tableware on the star hot pot restaurant was named for excessive coliforms
The Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Administration announced the 33rd provincial food safety sampling information in 2020: out of 783 batches of samples, 3 batches were unqualified; among them, a hot pot and a seasoning bowl at Shangqian Changning, a well-known hot pot restaurant, Named because of excessive coliform bacteria.
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In this regard, on September 3, Shangshangqian’s official Weibo issued a statement stating that the company stated that after learning the results of the random inspections, it launched an internal investigation as soon as possible. It initially understood that the main reason was the irregular operation of the store, and said that it had Take rectification measures. In addition to arranging special personnel to train dishwashing and disinfection operations, the dishwashers in all stores are also inspected and maintained. Based on the current dishwashing disinfectant replacement every 2 hours, the replacement frequency is increased and replaced every hour.
The company also stated that it will strengthen training for all store operators, saying it is willing to take responsibility for this matter, apologize to consumers, and prevent such incidents from happening.
A reporter from The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) was informed that the so-called coliform group exceeded the standard, which is what is commonly called "unclean".
It may be because the product has been contaminated by raw materials, packaging materials, personnel, equipment, etc., or it may be caused by improper storage and transportation conditions.
The Shanghai Municipal Administration of Market Supervision reported that the sampling information involved 8 categories of food, including: condiments, quick-frozen food, potato and puffed food, cocoa and roasted coffee products, sugar, catering food, food additives, edible agricultural products, etc. .
A total of 783 batches of samples were sampled, of which 780 batches were qualified and 3 batches were unqualified.
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The unqualified samples are:
1. Taiwanese-style rice crackers (egg yolk flavor) produced by Huaian Tianmi Food Co., Ltd. and sold by Shanghai Tianli E-commerce Co., Ltd.
(Unqualified item: total number of colonies)
2. The hot water cup-plain black cup disinfected and used by the first branch of Shanghai Jinqian Catering Management Co., Ltd.
(Unqualified item: coliforms)
3. The seasoning bowl disinfected and used by the first branch of Shanghai Jinqian Catering Management Co., Ltd.
(Unqualified item: coliforms)
Regarding the unqualified products found in the above-mentioned random inspections, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau has requested the relevant district market supervision administrations to promptly investigate and deal with unqualified foods and their producers and operators, investigate and deal with them in accordance with the law, and further urge enterprises to fulfill their legal obligations and take relevant measures. The situation is recorded in the food safety credit file of the food producer and operator.
The investigation and handling shall be made public by the district market supervision administration bureau responsible for the investigation and handling of the case in the place where the enterprise is located.
The Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau revealed that the total number of colonies is an indicator of microorganisms, not an indicator of pathogenic bacteria.
It is mainly used to evaluate the cleanliness of food and reflect whether the food meets the hygienic requirements during the production process.
The total number of bacterial colonies in the food exceeds the standard, which will destroy the nutritional content of the food, accelerate the spoilage of the food, and make the food lose its edible value.
The coliform is one of the commonly used indicator bacteria for food contamination at home and abroad.
The detection of coliforms in the food indicates the possibility of contamination by pathogenic bacteria (such as Salmonella, Shigella, and pathogenic Escherichia coli).
Excessive coliform bacteria may be caused by contamination of raw materials, packaging materials, personnel, equipment, etc., or improper storage and transportation conditions.
It is worth noting that it is not the first time that Shangshangqian Hot Pot has been found to have sanitary problems with tableware by the regulatory authorities.
In June of this year, the third branch of Shanghai Shangyuan Catering Management Co., Ltd. (Shangshangqian Hotpot Nanjing East Road Pedestrian Street) cleaned and disinfected chopsticks ready for use and detected coliforms in the supervision and sampling inspection. The parties involved constituted the use of cleaning and disinfection failure. The act of tableware.
In July of this year, the Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau issued a warning and administrative penalty decision on the parties concerned.
Zou Juan, chief reporter of The Paper