Fast-frozen food GB repeatedly kidnapped accused of standard regression

After Zhengzhou Si Nian Food Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shen Nian Food") was detected as a result of Staphylococcus aureus, the deputy general manager of Think Foods Jia Guokai seemed to disclose an important change in the industry: another food safety standard was reduced. Similar to the previously questioned reduction of the national standard for raw milk, the suspicion that the national standard for food was “abducted by large companies” came again.

Last night, Miss Foods stated in the “Notes on the Si San Pai San Xian Dumplings Staphylococcus Aureus Incident”: “The incident made it sad and reflective, and it has already carried out large-scale investigation and rectification within the first time. The various channels that may lead to pollution during the logistics process have been perfected to prevent this incident from happening again."

Frozen food new national standard retrogression?

However, according to the newspaper’s previous report, Jia Guozhen’s argument that “the problem of dumplings meeting the new national standard” has caused the outside world to question the “new national standard for frozen foods”.

Jia Guojun said, “According to the current national food safety and hygiene standards, there must be no S. aureus in the dumplings,” but “according to the new national food safety standards that are about to come into effect, we have detected the problematic dumplings of Staphylococcus aureus. The content is up to standard."

This "new and forthcoming national food safety standard" refers to the draft of the "National Food Safety Standard-Froly Frozen Rice Products" issued by the Ministry of Health on September 6, 2011, in which the "microbial limit of raw products" "It is stipulated that the amount of Staphylococcus aureus detected in every gram of raw product should be between 1000 and 10,000. Jia Guojun said that this standard is estimated to be implemented as soon as November.

The Hygienic Standard for Quick-freeze pre-packaged rice noodles formulated by the Ministry of Public Health and the National Standardization Administration on May 1, 2004 prohibits the detection of Staphylococcus aureus.

Since the implementation of the standard, the industrial and commercial departments throughout the country have repeatedly reported that the brand name of Staphylococcus aureus has been found in the frozen food industry. Since then, many companies in the industry have begun to claim that this national standard is considered to be problematic in the industry and is too strict and unreasonable. According to the regulations, Staphylococcus aureus should not be detected in frozen foods. However, there is no corresponding requirement for the raw material of frozen foods – upstream meat products industry. As a result, the national standard is considered to be conflicting in the industry and is difficult for companies to implement. .

However, this is not the case. “Staphylococcus aureus is not a very difficult problem to solve,” a person who made quality control in a meat product factory told this reporter: “The sources should be two aspects, one is the factory worker. Non-standard and unsanitary operation behavior, and second, unqualified meat raw materials, and these two problems can be solved as long as the enterprise can do its best."

Staphylococcus aureus is an important human pathogen, so foods are highly susceptible to contamination. According to public information, there are also many cases of poisoning caused by Staphylococcus aureus in China each year.

Who is kidnapped by the national standard?

For consumers, the national standard is backward or strictly difficult to identify clearly. In the food industry, the reduction of the new national standard is not a single case. Previously, the new national raw milk standard was also criticized for its “based on national conditions” to reduce protein content and relax the total number of colonies.

According to the expressions of the industry, there are no shortages of large milk companies in the opinion of the main raw milk indicators. According to Wang Dingmian, an expert in dairy industry, when the National Milk Quality Standard was adjusted in 2010, local dairy associations and experts were consulted, but 95% of the opinions put forward were not adopted. He believes that China's dairy industry standards are "kidnapped" by individual large companies. The request for relaxation of the new national standard for frozen foods on Staphylococcus aureus is also a common voice of enterprises in the frozen industry.

An industry insider who once worked as a marketing consultant for a quick-frozen food company in Henan Province told this newspaper that “Since 2005, when several well-known brands in the industry were found to have Staphylococcus aureus, the quick-frozen industry in Henan It took several leaders to start working together to change the national standard. At that time, some companies also participated in the development of the industry's national standard, which was used to demonstrate the competitiveness of the industry."

The easing behind the national standard is considered to be more to protect the interests of some companies or industries. "The formulation of domestic corporate standards is too dependent on large enterprises. Too many industry standards take into account the interests of enterprises or industries, and often lack of consumer rights." Protection, lack of consumer protection organizations' voices.For large companies, there are often first-rate companies that sell standards. Formulating standards that are beneficial to themselves means more commercial interests, and in order to save costs and gain more profits, of course, hope that standards Relaxation.” A person from the China Consumer Protection Foundation told this reporter.

However, the industry associations involved in the drafting of this draft have expressed their silence. When this reporter contacted the China Food Science and Technology Association and other related parties, the other party stated that it was not convenient for them to express their opinions.