2019年10月29日星期二

News:Hygienic issues of disposable chopsticks

On March 21st, the media’s report “The disposable chopsticks with Three Pairs of Money and One Pair” was aroused by the public. “Can the disposable chopsticks be used in the end” and “Who should be the chopsticks?” has become a common concern. problem. On the afternoon of the same day, the Hefei City Chenghuang Temple Industrial and Commercial Office had already checked the “three noes” chopsticks in the market.

Has not been mass sampling for two years

The reporter learned from the Anhui Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision that a large-scale spot check of chopsticks in Anhui Province was still two years ago. At that time, the bureau randomly selected 14 companies in the 23 disposable chopsticks manufacturers that were being produced in Anhui Province at that time.

Why did the disposable chopsticks not be checked again in two years? Will there be no vacuum for the inspection? Zhang Bin, director of the Food Production Supervision Department of the Anhui Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision, said that the reasons for not checking are more complicated.

According to him, there are too many food production enterprises. They can only check the foods that people demand a lot, such as rice, milk, oil, etc., which are the products that ordinary people eat every day. For these areas, the frequency of spot checks is very high. "For example, rice will be checked almost every week." Zhang Bin said that the use of disposable chopsticks is relatively small, so the probability of spot checks is relatively small.

Another reason is that the funds allocated by the financial allocation are limited. Every time the products are sampled, they are sent to the company for inspection. The products that are sampled are also commissioned by other authorities, and the cost of testing is also essential. Therefore, they can only use these funds for foods and other products that the people are most concerned about.

Long-term do not check disposable chopsticks, can other mechanisms guarantee the quality of disposable chopsticks to a certain extent? Zhang Bin said that the production of disposable chopsticks is territorial management. That is to say, the quality inspection department of each place supervises the production of disposable chopsticks in various places, and will occasionally check the production workshops of these disposable chopsticks. At present, Hefei City does not have a manufacturer of disposable chopsticks, so there is no inspection.

The “three noes” chopsticks were not found in the industrial and commercial department.

"Three no" disposable chopsticks, lack of supervision in the production process, then there is no supervision in the circulation? On the afternoon of the 21st, the reporter interviewed the industrial and commercial department.

According to the industrial and commercial personnel, before this, there was no complaint about the sale of “three no” disposable chopsticks. After the publication of this newspaper, on the afternoon of the same day, the Chenghuang Temple Industrial and Commercial Office immediately organized the staff to investigate in the market, but unfortunately did not find the “three no” disposable chopsticks in the daily chemical store.

"Maybe after reading the previous report, they took the chopsticks away." A staff member said that they will continue to strengthen the investigation of "three no" products in the next step, if some businesses are indeed selling "three no "Products, they will be investigated and dealt with according to laws and regulations.

Business people suggest that if the public finds that the merchant sells “three no products” when shopping, they can make a complaint to the industry and commerce department.

Chopsticks have been sent to the authorities for testing

According to reports, disposable chopsticks soaked in ammonia water, hydrogen peroxide, etc., if not thoroughly cleaned, may leave excessive amounts of harmful substances such as sulfur dioxide, breeding microorganisms such as Escherichia coli and mold, which may harm human health.

Are the disposable chopsticks in the Hefei market safe, and whether harmful substances such as sulfur dioxide will exceed the standard? In the afternoon, the reporter went to the National Agricultural Standardization and Monitoring Center (Anhui), which will collect from different markets, restaurants, food stalls, roadside stalls, etc. 50 pairs of "three no" disposable chopsticks commissioned testing, and asked the other party to issue a test report.

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