Modern Express News (correspondent Li Chunchun, reporter Jiang Nan) does not eat puffer fish, and knows the taste of fish. From March to May every year, puffer fish are the fattest and most toxic season. The reporter learned from the Nanjing Yuhuatai District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau that the hotel cannot handle the live puffer fish or the unprocessed whole puffer fish on its own. However, in order to evade inspection, many restaurants will refer to puffer fish with names such as "big bus", "small bus" and "bubble fish". When purchasing puffer fish, consumers can ask the hotel to show the product inspection certificate of the puffer fish processing product.
On March 22, the Yuhuatai District Market Supervision Bureau received a report from the public that a restaurant in the district sold live puffer fish, and law enforcement officers immediately verified it. The hotel's management said it did not sell live puffer fish. However, after the law enforcement personnel confirmed that the live fish named "big bus" sold in the store was a puffer fish, but the restaurant management failed to provide a valid receipt for the purchase of live puffer fish, and the law enforcement officers filed a case on the spot to investigate.
Law enforcement officials told reporters that in order to evade inspection, many restaurants have used names such as "big bus", "small bus" and "bubble fish" to refer to puffer fish. According to the "Notice on Conditional Liberalization of the Processing and Operation of The Cultured Redfin Oriental Pufferfish and the Breeding of Dark-striped Oriental Pufferfish" jointly issued by the Ministry of Agriculture and the Food and Drug Administration in 2016, only the cultured redfin Oriental Pufferfish and the Dark-striped Oriental Pufferfish are allowed to be processed and eaten. Moreover, only puffer fish produced from registered breeding enterprises are safe. "Live puffer fish must be processed and pre-packaged by qualified companies before they can be sold," law enforcement officials said. In other words, live puffer fish or unprocessed whole puffer fish are not allowed to be sold to restaurants, and restaurants cannot dispose of puffer fish themselves. ”
How can consumers judge whether the puffer fish they buy is safe? Law enforcement officials said that in accordance with relevant regulations, the packaging of puffer fish processing products is accompanied by a traceable two-dimensional code, and the product name, implementation standard, the name and filing number of the raw material base and processing enterprise, the processing date, the shelf life, the preservation conditions, the inspection and other information are indicated. In addition, puffer fish processing products have product inspection certificates, and consumers can pay attention to the above information when purchasing.
In the next step, the market supervision department of Yuhuatai District will increase the supervision and investigation of illegal acquisition, sale, processing and operation of live puffer fish in the jurisdiction. Units and individuals who illegally engage in the processing and operation of live puffer fish and wild puffer fish shall be severely punished in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law. The majority of consumers should also enhance their awareness of self-prevention, cherish life, can not endanger their own life and health for the sake of a momentary appetite, do not buy, do not catch and eat wild puffer fish and whole puffer fish processed by enterprises that have not been approved by the state.
(Courtesy of the correspondent)