"Glue-injected shrimp" provokes market worries

In response to the online hot-spot “Tianjin Fishery Market Jingjing's Injection of Rubber Shrimp”, the reporter recently investigated a number of aquatic products wholesale markets and community farmer's markets in Tianjin and found that the market does exist in the sales of “gel-injected shrimp”. However, due to the unclear links and complex sources of these injections, it also poses problems for supervision and governance.

The reporters found that a number of wholesale shrimp stores in Tianjin had “gel injection shrimp”. Some traders said that they “eat undead” and “are there any harm” to the mystery? For online heat transfer “Tianjin Fishery Market Jingxian’ Note Rubber Shrimp” The reporter recently surveyed several aquaculture wholesale markets and community farmers' markets in Tianjin and found that the market does exist in the sales of “gel-injected shrimp”. However, due to the unclear links and complex sources of these injections, it also poses problems for supervision and governance.

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"Dispensing shrimp" wholesale and retail markets are <br> <br> Recently, the Chinese network, extensive network and other graphic reports, "plastic injection shrimp" full of Tianjin fish market. "Jelly-injected shrimp" has quickly become a focus topic in the field of food safety.

At 5 a.m. on the 14th, the reporter went to Tianjin's largest aquatic product wholesale market, the Wangdingdi Aquatic Products Wholesale Market. At a number of shrimp wholesalers, the reporters discovered that there was a “gel injection shrimp”.

These "gel-injected shrimps" are frozen shrimps that are soaked in ice water that they look fuller and have a whiter color. The head is gently squeezed and easily peeled off. There are transparent gelatinous objects inside. A wholesaler said that after the Spring Festival, the price of shrimp fell, and the current unit price was between RMB 30 and RMB 120. The origin of shrimp, there is Bohai Bay, but also from the south along the sea.

For the phenomenon of "rubber injection" on the Internet, some wholesalers said "do not understand", and some said "very normal." A wholesaler said: “Because the frozen shrimp will become lean and dry after thawing, the weight will also be reduced. Therefore, it is now a popular practice to inject gelatin into the abdomen of shrimp heads and shrimps. This can increase the weight of the shrimp and avoid it. Shrimp heads appear sunken, collapsed, etc.," he said. "Maybe it was already injected when disembarking, or it may be injected in some remote workshops in Tianjin."

The reporter then visited the abundance comprehensive market in the Tianjin Huayuan residential area, the anonymous market in the Wangdingdi residential area, and the Tongan Dao Cai market, and found that all of them were sold. A female street vendor said: "This kind of shrimp had been there five years ago. That's what the wholesale market is like." She said that "rubber-injected shrimp" is non-toxic and harmless to the human body. "If you don't eat dead people, the country will not let it go." sold".

Li Zhiyong, head of the Tianjin Food Safety Committee Office, said: “The 'rubber-injected shrimp' is not only present but it existed in the past and was rectified.”

According to Cui Chunming, deputy director of the Tianjin Sanitary Supervision Institute, “The 'rubber-injected shrimp' has been relatively unsatisfactory for some time.” He said that in the past, the functions of the health supervision office in controlling the market had been launched in 2005.

[Official]

Multiple departments push: "Do not own control"

The reporters bought two batches of “rubber-injected shrimp” samples at two farmers’ markets and tried to find out what the “transparent substances” were injected into the shrimp body. However, many agricultural product quality supervision and testing organizations all called “unable to detect”. It is necessary to have a clear test item and purpose before it can be tested. Otherwise, there is no target or standard, and "I don't know where to start."

However, Cui Chunming said: "You don't need to detect it at all. You can tell whether or not there is an injection by naked eye. No matter what is injected, it is not allowed. Otherwise, it is illegal if it is adulterated," he said. More, there are silicone, agar, gelatin, but also industrial and edible. If industrial adhesives are added, they may contain heavy metals and carcinogens.

Professor Liu Huiping, a member of the Tianjin Fisheries Society and professor of the Food Engineering and Biotechnology College of Tianjin University of Science and Technology, said: “Even if gelatin is used for injection, there may be no harm in gelatin, but who can ensure that the injection process is sterile and does not cause pollution?”

The reporters have called several departments to request an interview. They have either been told "not to understand the situation" or they have "no control over themselves." Even between the two departments of the same unit, they have repeatedly pushed their responsibilities.

“What material is injected into 'rubber-injected shrimp'? Does it constitute toxic and hazardous foods for production and sale? According to the relevant provisions of Articles 33, 50, and 52 of the Agricultural Products Quality and Safety Law, it shall be examined by the competent agricultural administration department.” Deputy Director of Supervision and Administration Cui Hongtao said. He said that what the industrial and commercial department needs to do is to investigate and punish unqualified agricultural products detected by the agricultural sector.

Cui Hongtao said that the Trade and Industry Bureau will conduct a specific program study with the Law Enforcement Agency on the 15th to determine the time of action, scope of inspection, and specific measures. Concentrated actions will be conducted this weekend or early next week.

【expert's point】

Bulls management is difficult seamless regulatory <br> <br> Ministry of Education, "Food Nutrition and Safety" Laboratory director, vice president of Tianjin University of Science and Technology Wang Shuo said authorities urgently needed to inject transparency shrimp is detected, to the public A "truth". "If you eat gelatin, you can check the content of collagen. If it is industrial gelatin, you can check if the heavy metal is over standard."

Wang Shuo said that through the “rubber injection” incident, we should review the current food regulatory mechanism and the current “phased supervision” is difficult to achieve seamless supervision. However, our special national conditions, such as the long food industry chain, too many small businesses, and many small markets, have determined that we cannot simply copy foreign regulatory mechanisms.

Wang Shuo believes that food safety issues can not only rely on the regulatory mechanism to be able to "conquer all diseases," but must comprehensively consider and design from the economic, technical, and policy levels, and fundamentally solve food safety problems. Otherwise, even if the “rubbed plastic shrimp” is eliminated at one time, there will be other problem foods.