In a remote corner of Huanglushan Village, Yanwanghu Town, Hanshou County, Hunan Province, a seemingly ordinary processing plant hides an unknown secret. Recently, the surging news undercover found that this is actually a black den for the processing of Fushou snails, and a large number of shelled Fushou snail meat is imported into the market as snail meat every day, bringing potential threats to the health of consumers.
Walking into the processing plant, a fishy smell came to my nose. In the factory, several female workers are sitting around the table, busily sifting through piles of snail meat. Many of these snails also have pink soft fragments, which are the characteristics of Fushou snails. However, these female workers did not care, skillfully shoveling the sifted snail meat into plastic baskets, weighing, and then sending it to cold storage, waiting for the manufacturer's trucks to pull away the whole box.
The person in charge of the processing plant did not shy away from saying that in recent years, due to the decrease in the number of snails, there are more and more Fushou snails in wild waters. They took the opportunity to buy a large number of snails, shelled and processed them, and sold them as snail meat. Over the course of a year, sales can reach several hundred tons, mainly to some restaurants and prefabricated food factories.
Fushou snail is an alien species with strong reproductive ability and destructive power to the ecological environment. In addition, Fushou snails may also carry harmful substances such as parasites and heavy metals, causing irreversible damage to human health. In recent years, disease control departments in many places have issued warnings, recommending not to eat Fushou snails.
The snail is an omnivorous snail whose daily diet includes plankton, aquatic weeds and dead bodies, so it is parasitic with a large number of parasites, such as Angiostrongylus cantonensis. If undercooked snails are consumed, these parasites can invade the body and cause parasitic infections.
Common symptoms include fever, headache, nausea, etc., and in severe cases, irreversible neurological damage, such as meningoencephalitis, which causes headache, fever, neck stiffness and other symptoms, and in severe cases, dementia and even death.
However, driven by profits, some unscrupulous merchants sell Fushou snails as snails. After these processed snail meat is peeled and screened into skewers or cooked, it is often difficult for consumers to distinguish the authenticity.
In a spicy hot shop on Mercury Street in Changde City, the reporter found a snail skewer suspected of being a snail snail. These snail skewers are similar in appearance to snail skewers, but if you look closely, you can see that they have a large snail mouth and a flat and short vertebral tail, which is significantly different from the characteristics of snails.
As soon as this matter was exposed, it immediately aroused widespread attention and heated discussions among netizens. Many netizens said that they were shocked and angry at the behavior of Fushou snail pretending to be a snail, believing that it was irresponsible for the health of consumers. At the same time, some netizens called on relevant departments to strengthen supervision and crack down on such illegal acts.
Netizen "Qingfeng Xu Lai" said: "It's terrible! In order to make money, these businesses have no regard for the health and safety of consumers. Food safety is a major issue that concerns everyone, and it must be paid enough attention. ”
Netizen "Watchman" suggested: "Relevant departments should strengthen the supervision of the food market and crack down on illegal acts." At the same time, it is also necessary to raise consumers' awareness of food safety so that they can learn to distinguish between authenticity and fakeness. ”
In response to the problem of Fushou snails pretending to be field snails, experts also gave suggestions for distinguishing the authenticity. According to authoritative anatomical research papers and experts, there are obvious differences in appearance between Fushou snail and field snail. The screw mouth of the snail is large, the vertebral tail is flat and short, and the head has forked lip whiskers; The snail has a relatively small screw mouth, a long and pointed vertebral tail, and no lip whiskers. In addition, the eggs of the snail are pink to bright red and easily adhered into lumps; On the other hand, the eggs of snails are transparent and difficult to see.
Experts remind consumers that they must pay attention to distinguishing the authenticity when buying snail products. At the same time, when eating snail products, it is also necessary to ensure that they are cooked thoroughly, and avoid raw or semi-raw food.
Food safety is no small matter. As consumers, we must be vigilant and learn to distinguish between authenticity and falsehood; As merchants and relevant departments, it is necessary to strengthen self-discipline and supervision to ensure the safety and orderliness of the food market. Only by working together to build a healthy line of defense can we make our dining table safer and healthier.
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