On April 19, Hong Kong media revealed that Harbin McDonnell Douglas and other beers had vomitoxin. Harbin Beer is a big beer brand in China.
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So what exactly is vomitoxin in Harbin beer?
The vomitoxin in Harbin beer, also known as deoxynivalium, or DON for short, is a mycotoxin produced by fungi of the genus Fusarium. This vomitoxin can contaminate barley and wheat. You must know that we are indispensable in the production of food and other products, such crops as barley and wheat. Therefore, once barley wheat is contaminated with this vomitoxin, it can harm a wide range of food products, most importantly due to the use of raw materials in the beer manufacturing process.
But these grains and cereals are needed for the raw materials of beer, so what harm will this toxin cause to people when it enters the human body?
When a person ingests food contaminated with vomitoxin, he or she may experience symptoms of acute poisoning, such as not wanting to eat, stomach regurgitation, diarrhea, fever, unsteadiness on standing, and unresponsiveness. In severe cases, it can also damage the hematopoietic system and even lead to death.
DON can accumulate in humans and animals, then, as the body grows, it may cause malformations, leading to neurological diseases, and even in the process of maternal pregnancy, if this vomitoxin is ingested, then the child may not be healthy, and may even reduce the person's immunity, long-term intake of food contaminated with DON may increase the risk of certain diseases, such as cancer. Therefore, in order to ensure food safety and human health, it is necessary to strictly control the content of vomitoxin in food.
From ancient times to the present, wine is an indispensable thing for Chinese, marriage, gold list titles, work entertainment, all need to drink alcohol to contact the close contact between people. Wouldn't people drinking Harbin beer for a long time cause great harm to the human body?
In this regard, the media deeply picked up Harbin McDonnell Douglas Beer, and the company behind it is Budweiser Beer Company. Budweiser Beer is the full name of Budweiser InBev Group, this group is a brewing manufacturer, very famous in global brewing manufacturing, and its product sales are also very high, headquartered in the United States, belongs to a foreign company.
Founded in 1876, the group has a very long history, and after so many years of development, the Budweiser Group has many beer brands under its umbrella.
Later, Budweiser beer is no longer limited to the development of the West, but the goal is China's huge market, China is a big drinking country, drink two glasses when you are happy, drink two glasses when you are unhappy, wine culture has a long history in the mainland, has a certain inheritance, so such a long-established beer company entered China, and soon got our favor. To this end, AB InBev expanded its production line and established a distillery.
The development of Budweiser beer in China can be said to be in full swing, and this time Harbin McDonnell Douglas was detected with vomitoxin, which has a certain negative effect on Harbin McDonnell Douglas and the AB InBev company behind it. When Hong Kong media broke the news that Harbin Beer had vomitoxin, Harbin McDonnell Douglas officially responded that it was not sold in Hong Kong, but only sold in the mainland.
As soon as these words came out, netizens strongly complained, what does Harbin beer mean? Mainlanders make easy money, but mainlanders' lives are not fate?
Harbin beer contains vomitoxin, and now it has only been exposed by the media, so before that, what was the State Quality Inspection Bureau doing? China's food safety problem has always been a very serious problem in China, before the outbreak of Sanlu milk powder bad incident, and now there are 315 dozen fake duck blood, milk tea. China's food safety problem has always been a matter of great concern to the people. Now, there is another problem with beer.
It has really hit the people's confidence in the state's supervision of food safety again.
In this regard, the Food Supervision Bureau said that it would further verify the incident of Harbin McDonnell Douglas containing vomitoxin.
Although Harbin McDonnell Douglas was found to contain vomitoxin, the Hong Kong Consumer Council did not identify it as a substandard sample, but made a probabilistic prediction of the health risks of its long-term ingestion.
However, we should take more precautions and stop eating food immediately once it is contaminated with vomitoxin and seek help from a medical professional. It is also hoped that the State Food Supervision Bureau can increase its efforts to supervise these harmful foods, and give the people a safe and secure eating environment.