As we all know, beef jerky is delicious and chewy, and it is a favorite snack for many people. However, due to the high cost of raw materials, the market price of beef jerky is usually higher. Recently, however, the "9 pieces of 9 beef jerky" that has become popular all over the streets has become popular, but is this real beef? Can you really eat it with confidence?
Frequent "fake beef" incidents
The real beef jerky is made by drying and smoking fresh beef, and you can chew the original taste from the taste. However, consumers are rarely able to chew this mellow taste from the popular "9 pieces of 9 beef jerky" on the street, which is full of plastic.
However, due to low prices, good packaging, and loud publicity, many consumers have generously donated to the "9 pieces of 9 beef jerky" brand. But as everyone knows, these "9 pieces of 9 beef jerky" claimed to be produced from special channels are not made from real beef, but from synthetic meat, or other cheap meat.
These fake beefs have been investigated and seized by the public security organs a long time ago. On September 2, 2013, the Yanta Police Station received a call from the public saying that someone was selling dog meat on the head of a sheep at the Suzaku Wholesale Market, making and selling "fake beef".
Soon, the police gradually grasped a number of organized and premeditated gangs that made and sold "fake beef" through reports from the masses and during their visits. Due to the large number and scale of the gang, the police dispatched and concentrated nearly 100 elite cadres and police officers to round up and arrest them. On the day of the arrest, the police outflanked Ducheng Village, Gaojiapu, Suzaku Wholesale Market and other strongholds, and finally arrested 45 suspects and smashed 6 dens that produced and sold fake beef.
Despite this, the police, who have rich experience in investigation, are still shocked after witnessing the dirty mess at the "fake beef" manufacturing site. What kind of food is this for people to eat?
If consumers know that the "9 pieces and 9 beef jerky" they usually eat are composed of inferior pork pieces that are littered and emit a foul-smelling smell, as well as fly eggs and excrement that are constantly flying around the fishy pork, plus other messy seasonings, they don't know if they will eat so deliciously.
It is said that the fake beef products and semi-finished products seized by the police on the same day weighed more than 17,500 kilograms. As soon as the news came out, some people exclaimed: "This is a black workshop that pits the people of their money!" and declared that they would never buy these fake and shoddy foods again.
After the arrest of this gang that made and sold "fake beef", the leader of the gang confessed that they purchased low-quality pork from underground channels at prices far below the market price, and added a large amount of seasonings to make "real beef" in people's eyes "with fake and real", and circulated it to the market, so as to make huge profits.
All "verisimilitude" is a trick
In real life, the strongholds of "fake beef" are still numerous and hidden. No, the Hefei industrial and commercial department also investigated a "beef paste" tanuki for the prince incident. It is said that a special "beef paste" is especially popular in noodle restaurants, because this beef paste additive can change the taste or form of pork into beef in 90 minutes.
However, in this additive that has the effect of changing the tanuki for the prince, it is found that a large number of additives that are harmful to the human body are added, such as monascus, paraffin, industrial salt, etc. These additives are listed on the national prohibition list. additives used.
In addition, the "second dealers" who sell these illegal additives also provide "intimate" on-the-spot demonstration services to attract merchants to take the bait. Soak the thawed pork thoroughly to make the surface area of the pork swell. At this time, it is mixed with a large amount of additives and stirred thoroughly, and after standing for a period of time, the pork fiber can turn into magic and turn from beef fiber to beef fiber with the naked eye.
After being encircled and suppressed, the "fake beef" production and trafficking gang disappeared from the market for a while. But when the "limelight" passes, these illegal and criminal gangs will be like weeds. Moreover, their second appearance will be more subtle and more "advanced" than before.
If the previous "9 pieces of 9 beef jerky" had defects, experienced consumers can easily distinguish the real from the fake in terms of taste and price.
Then, after the comeback of the manufacturing and selling gangs, they will tirelessly improve the defects in taste in order to "pursue profits", and even in order to gain the trust of consumers, they will carry out different pricing through different packaging. The taste and price have met consumer expectations, making these "fake beef" gangs more profitable.
The "old three sets" of consumers, looking at the packaging, looking at the price, and the taste of the product have almost been detected by the manufacturing and trafficking gangs one by one. Therefore, in the case of counterfeit and shoddy goods, consumers should keep their eyes open. Identify fake beef from multiple dimensions. For example, it is important to know the brand of the merchant beforehand, check the ingredients of the product on the package, and observe the texture of the beef.
Safety hazards of eating fake beef
Some consumers have a fluke mentality, thinking that they will eat this time anyway, or that eating a few bites of "fake beef jerky" will not have any effect on their bodies. But as everyone knows, when consumers choose fake beef jerky, they have already fallen for the manufacturing and trafficking gangs.
Because the way of making a living for these manufacturing and trafficking gangs is to study how to "cheat" and "cheat". The consumer's self-defense is as innocent as a three-year-old child in the eyes of the manufacturing and trafficking gang. Take taste as an example, in order to gain consumer trust, to achieve the effect of fake and real. In order to improve the taste and chewiness of fake beef jerky, the manufacturing and trafficking gangs will add a large number of chemical flavoring agents, such as salty, umami monosodium glutamate, beef flavor, etc.
However, this is only the first step, and the manufacturing and trafficking gangs have even taken into account the little luck of consumers. To boost consumer stickiness, they add some addictive and illegal chemicals to the fake beef jerky. The processing and sales of the manufacturing and trafficking gangs were originally improvised teams, unlicensed and unorganized, and even if they were found to have fake beef jerky containing some kind of addictive chemical drug, they would not be able to find out about their heads.
In addition, these manufacturing and trafficking gangs have a firm grasp of the "supply" of high-quality and low-cost goods, and can "manipulate" the market on a local scale. It is difficult for consumers to ensure that there are no problems in their bodies if they consume fake beef jerky containing illegal additives and a large number of preservatives and antioxidants for a long time.
Moreover, the health risks caused by edible additives are mostly "chronic" and consumers will not be aware of them for a long time. By the time there is a problem with the consumer's body, the "manufacturer" has already escaped completely. All the consequences are left to the consumer, and the consumer has become the main one who has escaped the wrongs.
Now there are more and more "technology and hard work", as consumers, we need to carefully screen before buying, don't bury the trouble because of the greed for a small bargain, thank you for reading.