"China Survival Handbook" makes food safer

Food safety has always been a big problem in our hearts, and the frequent exposure of video security issues in recent years has also left people with a chill. And recently, a food safety design and development of the "China Survival Handbook" recently popular network, software real-time push all over the country poisonous food information, with its public welfare and Food Safety information rapid integration, refinement classification and other advantages, on May 24 online, just three days more than 200,000 people download, Quickly washed up at Apple App Store China free app list first. Recently, the software has been downloaded 50余万次, access to more than 8,000 people, the great popularity, praise constantly.

The popularity of the software means that the food safety problem has become a social hot spot, and even the software has been sealed as "the tip of the Chinese tongue on the periodic table of the sharp weapon."

Mark the problem food hazard level

"Red bean Popsicle contains 24 kinds of additives", "Dayton tea bag exploded with toxic pesticides", "Alpine lollipop eat 5 dead cockroaches" ... This "China Survival Handbook" software, in fact, more like a news integration class application, but with the regular news integration application is different, it only included food safety news, daily push.

Yesterday, the reporter opened the software found that the home page that is the latest survival reminders, will be the first time to release the latest food safety news. Into this software, you will see the developer to refine the food into snacks, drinks, spices, vegetables, meat, staple foods, health products, fruits, seafood, soy products, eggs, dairy products, such as the 12 categories, the current summary of more than 300 kinds of food safety information, and each exposure of toxic foods are detailed labeling exposure, brand name and hazard level, It even provides keyword search.

The software lists the food safety information since 2000-2012, especially in recent three years, most of the food safety problems, the earliest date back to 2000 Shandong jining Quality Supervision Bureau seized "46 tons of toxic rice with paraffin oil into the market."

In the description of a food safety problem, in addition to writing the ins and outs of the event itself, but also to collect lists related to survival methods, such as "Do not buy too plump, color too white," and so on, will also provide toxic popcorn barrels, poisonous honey and other products to identify methods.

Public welfare software can be downloaded free of charge

Software developer Jinshan Network CEO FU: The software development stems from the company a product manager's personal ideas, initially for his daughter, wife and father Gift. "Because his family often encountered sick to buy medicine, coupled with the exposure of the previous time poison capsules, but also let him develop the idea of such a software, and then he was in the chat process with the team members were unanimously affirmed." ”

"At present, the media on the food safety of a lot of information but very dispersed, we hope that the information collected, collated, so that the organized, user-friendly query." "Software development lasted 1 months, the development team has only two or three members, after the two-week Apple app Audit, officially on the May 24 this year, the online only 4 hours to the Apple Application Store medical classification of the top, the next day rushed to the App store list TOP10, The third day rushed to the top of the list first, was downloaded 20余万次. As of yesterday, the software has been downloaded 50余万次, received more than 8,000 people.

"Every day we will update food safety incidents, ensure that harmful food information is not missing, and strive to provide consumers with the food crisis can avoid greater damage to the solution." Fu said, "Everyone is not indifferent to food safety, we also want to awaken the awareness of the fight against food safety." ”

At present, the software is completely public interest, there is no one advertising, but also provide free download. "Software development investment is not high, the cost is not much, we just out of social responsibility." ”

Information from the media and the official

Reporter noted that from the source of food Safety information released by software, most of the major media in the country, including CCTV, network media and print media, and from the point of view of media coverage, there are complaints from the public, there are official government such as quality inspection, food and drug supervision and other departments publicly released information.

"Although our development team is limited in number, we will collect daily food safety news in the first time through directional tools, keyword monitoring and so on, and ensure that information comes from authoritative media and official releases." "For the current huge download volume, developers also said" did not expect to receive so much attention. "

Fu said: "In the future, we will continue to improve the software, in addition to the information more comprehensive, rapid, but also to allow more users to participate in our software information update, to help us monitor the toxic food." ”

At present, the software at the bottom of the interface to set 4 buttons, users can separately through Sina Weibo, Tencent Weibo, mail and text messages, the information directly to the friends.

From the comments of netizens, most people say that they really need such an application to save themselves, but some netizens think: The starting point of China's Survival Handbook is good, but to change the real life of the severe food safety environment does not play a role.