For imported food, you must know these things

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan client on September 22 news "Whether the imported wine that exceeds the shelf life can be consumed" "What do you mainly check in imported aquatic products?" At the theme day of the "National Food Safety Publicity Week" in 2022, the relevant person in charge answered questions related to the citizens about imported food.

"Drinks that are greater than or equal to 10%VOL can be exempted from marking the shelf life." Guo Xingxing, Director of the Food Safety Division of Wuhan Customs, answered whether whether the wine with a alcohol content of 10%VOL indicates the shelf life, which can be independently decided by the importer or manufacturer. In fact, the shelf life is not related to the quality of wine and the potential of aging. Regardless of whether the shelf life is one year or ten years, it should not be used as a basis for judging the quality of this bottle of wine. There is no shelf life for wine.

Guo Mingxing said that some citizens saw that there were sediments in imported wines and thought it was a deterioration. This was actually a misleading. In fact, sheets, blocks and crystal precipitation are generally precipitated for normal ingredients in the wine. The main components are alcohol, garlic salt tannins and pigments, etc., mainly caused by factors such as temperature, vibration, lighting, etc. It is normal. It is just that too much precipitation may lead to a weak taste and insufficient aroma.

Citizens asked questions on the spot. Reporter Wang Wenhan Photo

Judging from the current e -commerce platform, frozen seafood products are more popular. ASEAN, Russia, the United States, Canada, New Zealand, and Australia are all important sources of seafood imports in China. The main products include shrimp, salmon, and crabs.

For imported aquatic products, the person in charge stated that one must check the import channels, and the other is to check the Chinese and English labels.

According to the regulations, the types of imported aquatic products must be in the aquatic product list of the "countries that meet the evaluation and review and the country or region of the region" announced by the state; inside.

According to the person in charge, in order to protect consumers' right to know, there should be a solid, clear and distinguished Chinese and English logo on the packaging of imported aquatic products, indicating that the product name, scientific name, specifications, production date, batch number, and preservation conditions of the aquatic products include the aquatic products 2. Production method (including seawater fishing, freshwater fishing, breeding, breeding), production areas (including the country and region of the sources of the ocean fishingman, the source of the source of the freshwater fishingman, the country or region where the breeding product is located), and the production and processing The name and number of enterprises (fishing ships) and numbers must be marked with the content of the People's Republic of China.

In addition, before entering my country's consumer market, imported food not only needs to pass the customs in accordance with the relevant laws and administrative regulations of the import and export commodity inspection, but also post the corresponding Chinese label.

According to statistics, from January to August this year, Hubei Province's import and export food was 17.52 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 34.8%.

(Changjiang Daily reporter Wang Wenhan correspondent Liu Qingxiu Fan Siqi)

【Edit: Zhao Ke】

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