Shijiazhuang notified the results of re-examination of imported cherries sampling swabs
The Beiwan New Vision Network announced that Shijiazhuang notified the retest results of imported cherries sampling swabs: all were negative.
According to the Health and Health Commission of Shijiazhuang City, Hebei Province, on the 23rd, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention conducted a routine random inspection of imported cherries from the Qiaoxi Vegetable Wholesale Market. One tube of the collected nucleic acid tested positive, and the local fruit business area was immediately closed.
The CDC subsequently conducted the second and third sampling of the positive booths, and a total of 511 samples were sampled, and the results were all negative; another 10 cherries-operated booths were sampled for the second time, and a total of 952 samples were sampled. The staff, merchants and the environment in the market sampled a total of 3959 samples, and the test results were all negative. According to comprehensive research and judgment, no new crown virus has been found in the vegetables, food and imported cherries and other fruits sold at the Qiaoxi Vegetable Wholesale Market. The local area immediately carried out a comprehensive investigation in the city to ensure the safety of vegetable supply.
Cherries test positive, can I eat imported fruits with confidence? The authoritative answer is here!
On January 21, the Liangxi District Center for Disease Control and Prevention in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, carried out normalized monitoring of imported food and found that a swab from the inner surface of imported cherries with a production date of December 18, 2020 tested positive for nucleic acid.
A few days ago, the news of the price reduction of imported cherries made many people a taste of it. However, the internal surface of the cherries was exposed to a positive nucleic acid test of a sampling swab, which also made the majority of netizens call “a bit scared”. Once on Weibo’s hot search.
Then,
Can I still eat imported cherries?
How should I wash it?
Will eating cherries infect the new crown?
In this regard, the reporter interviewed Luan Rongsheng, chairman of the Epidemiology Branch of the Sichuan Preventive Medicine Association and professor of epidemiology at the West China School of Public Health of Sichuan University, and he answered this series of questions.
Can I still eat imported cherries?
Luan Rongsheng: The problem is not big. Whether it is cherries or other fruits, they are washed or peeled before eating. Although the surface of the fruit may be contaminated during processing, handling, and transportation, it is generally possible to remove most of the virus on the surface of the fruit after cleaning.
Will eating contaminated cherries catch the new crown?
Luan Rongsheng: The new coronavirus has no digestive tract transmission route, so even if a small amount of the virus enters the human body through the digestive tract, it will not be infected. Moreover, animal experiments have also shown that after feeding contaminated food to animals, there is no infection and spread of animals, so the public does not need to be overly concerned or panic about this matter.
Then why is there a phenomenon of cold chain food/items passing from person to person?
Luan Rongsheng: Cold chain food refers to perishable food that is purchased or harvested from the place of origin, and must be kept in a low temperature environment during product processing, storage, transportation, distribution, and retail until it reaches consumers.
And why is there a phenomenon of cold chain food/items passing from person to person? Because the frozen food itself is in a low temperature state, if it is contaminated, the virus will survive for a longer time. Secondly, in frozen food processing places, the temperature is lower and the space is relatively closed. If there is a source of infection in the processing place at this time, it will cause person-to-person or material-to-person transmission. With more sources of infection, the chances of spreading the virus to the outside are greater, so the chance of cold chain food being contaminated is also greater.
However, fruits are different from cold chain foods. Fruits cannot be frozen or frozen for a long time. In addition, the environment where they are located is ventilated, and the temperature is relatively higher than that of cold chain foods, and the virus cannot survive on the surface of the fruit for too long. , So the possibility of virus on the surface of the fruit is unlikely. And there are no cases of infection through eating fruits, so this risk is extremely low. And the public can also remove most of the virus on the surface of the fruit by washing with water.
In addition, the physical transmission of cold chain food is not the infected person eating cold chain food, but spread through contact. That is, hands and other body parts come in contact with contaminated frozen food or contaminated packaging, and then touch the mouth, eyes, and nose with their hands to become infected. And what can be spread through contact is also exposure to high concentration of large droplets and high concentration of contaminated frozen food/objects.
How to clean cherries correctly?
Luan Rongsheng: Clean with running water. For other fruits that can be peeled, it is recommended to eat them after peeling.
How are national imported goods killed or quarantined?
Luan Rongsheng: Imported goods have to pass two barriers. The first is the import quarantine link, which is the responsibility of the customs. Inspection and quarantine includes the quarantine of people, animals, plants, and articles. The contamination rate of imported cold chain food is one in several hundred thousand, which is extremely low. The second is food safety, which is the responsibility of the Food and Drug Administration. As long as these two barriers are held, the risk is extremely low when the product reaches the consumer.
What should consumers pay attention to daily?
Luan Rongsheng: For consumers, they should pay attention to food hygiene and cook other foods that can be cooked before eating.
the results of re-examination of imported cherries sampling swabs
