April 7 is World Health Day, and this year's theme is "Food safety". The World Health Organization points out that unsafe foods, which contain harmful bacteria, viruses, parasites or chemicals, can lead to more than 200 diseases, from diarrhoea to cancer, leading to the death of about 2 million people a year, most of them children. The WHO warns that food is kept clean and cooked separately, and all food is cooked. This issue will give you an inventory of how to store the overnight food, how to identify the health quality of milk and dairy products and how to choose a cold drink.
There are more than 200 diseases spread through food
every year millions of people get sick from eating unsafe food and many people lose their lives. It is estimated that diarrhea alone kills 1.8 million children each year, most of which are caused by contamination of food or water. Food safety Preparation system can prevent most foodborne diseases from happening.
Who and Member States promote the benefits of food security, healthy eating and physical activity. The five key elements to strengthen food safety are: keep clean, separate from raw and cooked, cook all foods, store food at safe temperatures, use safe water and raw materials.
April 7, Shandong Province Wei planning expert organized experts to collect and compile food safety related knowledge for reference, to help the public improve food safety awareness. On the daily life of the people often encountered, general concerns, such as the storage of overnight vegetables, how to buy cold drinks, how to identify dairy products such as science popularization.
Storage of overnight vegetables
overnight vegetables because of the pollution of consumption, and save for a period of time, the high microbial content of vegetables, there are indeed health problems, improper eating will affect health. So what's the trick with overnight food processing? Experts from the provincial health Planning group gave their opinions.
The shelf life of overnight dishes:
1, overnight vegetables under 5 degrees Celsius low temperature environment, can be stored for 1-2 days. If stored for more than 3 days, the natural nitrate in vegetables will be converted to nitrite, carcinogenic effect, heating can not be removed.
2, animal food in 25~30摄氏度, 3-4 hours that metamorphism.
3, salad, jellyfish, such as the salad, due to the processing of a lot of pollution, even if refrigerated, after the overnight also very likely has gone bad, should be made now eat.
4, salted food salt, safe consumption period can be extended to 3-4 days.
Identifying the health quality of milk and dairy products
Milk and its product are ideal food for the elderly, women, children and patients, but they are very easy to decay. The hygienic quality of milk and dairy products can be identified in the following ways.
Fresh milk: normal sensory properties are white or slightly yellow with a homogeneous suspension liquid, no clots, no impurities, there are slightly sweet and fresh milk unique aromatic odor. If it is found that the color of milk to become gray, yellow or red, sour, the emergence of clots or precipitation, indicating that the milk has become bad, can not drink.
Milk Powder: normal sensory character should be yellowish color, powdery, small and uniform particles, no caking and odor. Buy milk powder, should check whether the packing is tight, because not strict, powdered milk easily hygroscopic. In addition to pay attention to shelf life, expired milk powder, its health quality is not guaranteed.
Sour milk: normal sour milk, the color of the same as fresh milk, condensate block flow dense, strong, even, there is a pure fragrance of lactic acid odor, no bubbles. When the milk color, taste changes, the clot dissolved, a large number of whey precipitation, indicating that the milk has deteriorated, should be discarded, can not drink.
sweetened condensed milk and evaporated condensed milk: normal sweetened condensed milk and evaporated condensed milk for uniformityThe light yellow, sweet taste, poured out, the emulsion is linear or banded flow. If found to have clots, mildew spots, fat floating and odor, indicating that their health quality is poor, can not eat.
Ways to buy cold food
warmer weather, warmer temperatures, spring past summer. People have started to eat cold drinks, on the purchase of cold drinks, the provincial health planning experts also gave relevant advice.
Look at Packaging: product packaging strictly non-destructive, trademark content integrity, name, factory name, site, net weight, main components, production date and shelf life and so clearly visible.
See color: Product color should be consistent with the name, if its color is too bright, the loss of natural, it is possible to add excessive pigment caused, do not buy and eat.
Smell Fragrance: Product fragrance should be consistent with the name, should be soft fragrance, no pungent, no odor. If there is a smell, it indicates that it has gone bad.
Taste: Product taste should be sour and sweet suitable, no bitterness, astringent, alcohol (except alcoholic beverages).
View SAP: The product should be clear and transparent, no impurities, no turbidity, no precipitation. If the beverage is found to be layered, there is floc precipitation or a large amount of the precipitation, is a significant deterioration of the mark, can not drink. In addition, if in the exercise or fasting when a large number of food cold drinks, will strongly stimulate the gastrointestinal tract, the heart, causing sudden spasm of the phenomenon, resulting in a variety of enzymes to promote chemical disorders, women menstrual disorders and other diseases occur.
Consumers find ways to dispose of food safety problems
The health Planning authority reminds consumers that if they find food safety problems when eating, they should keep the food intact and immediately negotiate with the restaurant owner. If the food has not been eaten, or has not yet caused health problems, can refer to the Food Safety Act, the Consumer Rights Protection Act and other provisions, and the restaurant consultation to properly resolve, while the proper preservation of consumer documents, invoices and other evidence, timely report to the Food and Drug Administration.
In addition, consumers should pay attention to, such as nausea, vomiting, fever and other food poisoning symptoms, should be in a timely manner and retain medical records cards, inspection reports, Tou, residual food and other related evidence, in case of suspected food poisoning, should be immediately to the health administrative departments and food and beverage services to the safety Avoid food poisoning that cannot be determined by missing the best time to investigate. The Food Safety Act stipulates that the consumer's civil compensation may be accorded priority, and if the person, property or other damage is caused, the enterprise may be required to bear the liability for compensation according to law. City News/Letter network reporter Wang Xin
(Source: Peninsula Network-City News) [Edit: Zhang Jinjien]