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Ms. Liu and her husband, Mr. Zhang, are a loving middle-aged couple.
One night, Ms. Liu carefully cooked a seemingly ordinary home-cooked dish - fried green peppers with bean sprouts, but she didn't expect that this meal would put both of them in the hospital.
Shortly after the meal that day, Ms. Liu and Mr. Zhang experienced symptoms such as nausea, vomiting, and abdominal pain.
At first, they thought it was an ordinary gastrointestinal upset, so they each took some medicine. However, instead of alleviating, the condition of the two became worse, and even showed signs of coma and convulsions.
In desperation, they urgently called the emergency number.
Dr. Wang, the doctor on duty in the emergency department, immediately gave the two of them a comprehensive examination and laboratory tests.
The results showed that Ms. Liu and Mr. Zhang had severe bacterial levels in their gastrointestinal tract and a large number of toxins were detected in their blood, which are typical manifestations of bacterial food poisoning.
"What did you eat tonight?" Dr. Wang asked about their diet as he analyzed the test sheets.
In retrospect, Ms. Liu didn't have any food for dinner other than the plate of fried green peppers with bean sprouts. "Doctor, could it be a problem with the bean sprouts? I washed it directly after I bought it from the supermarket and didn't blanch it. "
Dr. Wang sighed and said, "It seems that you have not learned your lesson." Every year, our hospital receives many patients with food poisoning caused by eating raw bean sprouts.
These bean sprouts look clean and harmless, but they are actually very easy to hide dirt and dirt. Especially those unlicensed small workshops, the sanitary conditions are poor, the processing process is not standardized, and the bean sprouts produced are almost a hotbed of bacteria. "
Ms. Liu said with a guilty face: "I thought there should be no problem with the bean sprouts sold in the supermarket......
"It's a big problem. "
Dr. Wang took over the conversation, "In order to save costs, many supermarkets will buy goods from those small workshops. Besides, even if the sprouts themselves are clean, they are easily contaminated during transportation and storage.
Therefore, we have repeatedly emphasized that bean sprouts must be washed repeatedly before eating, and boiled at a high temperature for at least 5 minutes to effectively kill harmful bacteria. "
After some emergency treatment, Ms. Liu and Mr. Zhang's condition finally stabilized. The doctor told them to recuperate after being discharged from the hospital and avoid irritating foods.
At the same time, it is also repeatedly reminded that you must go to a regular supermarket to buy bean sprouts, and cook them in strict accordance with scientific eating instructions, and you must not take them lightly.
In fact, it is not uncommon for Ms Lau and her wife to suffer from food poisoning from the consumption of undercooked bean sprouts.
According to statistics, bean sprouts have been among the most common foodborne diseases in recent years. Many consumers still have a weak awareness of the food safety of bean sprouts, and mistakenly believe that "you can eat it after washing", which has caused a lot of unnecessary harm.
In fact, sprouts are very susceptible to contamination by pathogenic bacteria, such as E. coli, Salmonella, etc., during their growth.
These bacteria multiply quickly in warm, humid environments, and the sprouts have a large number of wrinkles on the surface, making it easier for bacteria to hide.
As a consumer, you must keep your eyes open when buying bean sprouts, and try to buy them in regular supermarkets with good health conditions and high reputation. At the same time, you should carefully check the freshness of the bean sprouts and avoid buying bean sprouts with black roots and yellow tails.
After buying home, rinse the roots of the bean sprouts repeatedly with running water, and it is best to soak them in rice washing water or light salt water for 10-15 minutes, and then boil them at high temperature for more than 5 minutes before eating.
Of course, consumer vigilance alone is not enough. It is more necessary for relevant departments to strengthen supervision and control the food safety of bean sprouts from farmland to table.
In particular, it is necessary to crack down on those unlicensed and unlicensed "black workshops" to curb food safety hazards from the source.
Only when the government, the market and consumers work together to weave a solid food safety "protective net" can we fundamentally protect the public's "safety on the tip of the tongue".
Write at the end
This food poisoning incident caused by bean sprouts has once again sounded the alarm bell, reminding us to always be vigilant in our daily diet and be cautious of every seemingly ordinary ingredient.
Everyone is the first person responsible for the prevention of foodborne diseases. Let us work together to protect the health and safety of the whole people, and hope that "disease from the mouth" will always be just a warning, not a reality.
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Resources:
1. National Health Commission: 2019 National Foodborne Disease Surveillance Report
2. Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Guidelines for the Food Safety and Prevention of Foodborne Diseases of Bean Sprouts