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The Spring Festival is approaching, pay attention to food safety


Abstract

The Year of the Sheep Spring Festival is approaching, and many families have begun to prepare for the New Year, but since there is still some time before the New Year, when purchasing New Year's goods now, it is necessary not only to pay attention to food storage, but also to avoid food safety problems.

  The Lunar New Year of the Sheep is approaching, and many families have begun to prepare for the New Year, but since there is still some time before the New Year, when purchasing New Year's goods, it is necessary not only to pay attention to food storage, but also to avoid food safety problems.

  Relevant officials from the Municipal Food and Drug Administration remind citizens to purchase food ingredients from regular places and not to purchase "three no" foods. At the same time, when purchasing food ingredients, invoices must be requested in accordance with regulations.

  The difference between ordinary food and health food

  Foods and drugs are easily confused with health foods. Ordinary foods refer to various finished products and raw materials for human consumption or drinking, as well as items that are traditionally both food and medicine, but do not include items intended for treatment. Health foods are suitable for consumption by specific groups of people, and have the function of regulating the body's functions, but are not intended to treat diseases. The raw materials used in health foods are required to be safe within the scope of use of this product (safety toxicology tests), while drug raw materials need to be comprehensively evaluated through pharmacology, toxicology, and clinical trials before they can be identified.

  How to choose food correctly in winter

  In winter, the weather turns cold, and in this cold weather, we often have a big appetite, which is a good time to "supplement".

  As the temperature drops, food should change with the seasons. In winter, it is advisable to eat more "red" foods for health preservation. "Red" foods are rich in protein and high-quality vitamins and minerals, which can maintain body health, improve immunity, enhance the body's cold resistance, and at the same time warm and replenish qi and blood, and nourish the body. Therefore, eating "red" foods in winter not only has the effect of keeping out the cold, but also can prevent and treat colds. At the same time, "red" foods can also visually stimulate people, making people have a big appetite and increased appetite. Eating more "red" foods can not only prevent colds, but also enhance resistance. Such as mutton, beef, tomatoes, hawthorn, red dates, etc.

  What issues should be paid attention to when purchasing food

  When citizens dine out, they should enhance their awareness of food safety and pay attention to food safety. Relevant officials from the Municipal Food and Drug Administration remind consumers about food safety:

  1. Look at the outer packaging bag. When purchasing food, carefully check the outer packaging bag to see if the outer packaging bag is intact.

  2. Look at the three periods of food. The production date, shelf life, and storage period of food. During the inspection process, it is best not to purchase food that is nearing its shelf life. If the purchased food cannot be eaten immediately, it is easy to expire and deteriorate, thus causing unnecessary losses.

  3. Check whether the food has the QS quality certification mark. QS is the abbreviation of "quality safety" in English. The first batch of foods that implemented the food quality and safety market access system includes 5 categories: rice, wheat flour, soy sauce, vinegar, and edible vegetable oil. The second batch of foods that implemented the food quality and safety market access system includes 10 categories: meat products, dairy products, beverages, monosodium glutamate, instant noodles, biscuits, canned food, frozen drinks, frozen noodles and rice food, and puffed food. The third batch of foods that implemented the food quality and safety market access system includes 13 categories: candy products, tea, wine, fruit wine, beer, yellow wine, soy pickles, candied fruit, fried food, egg products, cocoa products, aquatic processed products, starch and starch products.

  4. Look at the food business environment. When purchasing food, try to go to large shopping malls, supermarkets, and stores with good quality and reputation. Try not to purchase food sold in the open air, food with poor operating conditions, food whose sensory properties have changed, and street food.

  5. When purchasing unpackaged food, it is necessary to pay attention to whether the food is fresh.

  6. When purchasing food, pay attention to requesting shopping invoices. When the purchased food has quality problems, the shopping invoice is the key to complaints and claims, so don't be too lazy to request a shopping invoice.