Chao News reporter Miao Lina Jin Yanxiang
Not long ago, the vigilantes in Yuecheng District, Shaoxing City, reported that there was a phenomenon of "selling dog meat on the head of a sheep" in the barbecue stall. The Food and Drug Ring Brigade of the Yuecheng District Public Security Bureau immediately conducted a surprise inspection of the chaotic barbecue restaurant: among the 28 varieties of "beef and mutton skewers" sampled and tested, a large number of chicken and pork were adulterated, and a small amount did not contain beef and mutton ingredients.
A multi-departmental rectification of public security, market supervision, administrative law enforcement and other departments was immediately launched, and many barbecue restaurants were criticized and educated. So, does the barbecue stall still have the phenomenon of "selling dog meat on the head of a sheep"?In the past two days, the reporter followed the law enforcement officers to the area where barbecue restaurants are concentrated, such as Liji Bridge Straight Street and Chang'an Overpass, and conducted a surprise return visit.
Chicken and duck meat make beef and mutton flavors.
After the rectification, there are still businesses playing "edge ball".
For the surprise return visit, the barbecue restaurants are "confident": "I used to sell duck meat as beef, but now I don't have it, you can check it casually." ”
However, the reporter found that many barbecue restaurant clerks were taking out a handful of small skewers from the pre-packaged foods with "Dio Meat Flavor Skewers" and "Foreign Meat Flavor Skewers" written on them, and put them on the charcoal fire for a meal, which became a hot-selling "small skewers".
The reporter took the bag and rummaged through it carefully, only to see the ingredient list in small print on the back. It says that the main raw materials are chicken and duck meat, and the manufacturer is a food science and technology company outside Zhejiang Province
Chicken and duck meat is supposed to be white. But these pre-packaged barbecue skewers, whether semi-finished or finished, are red. If you don't see it with your own eyes, the average consumer may not be able to tell the difference.
For this phenomenon, law enforcement officials said that it is difficult to put an end to it. "These products have played a 'side ball', and it is not easy to trace the manufacturer. Because the package does not explicitly say beef and lamb skewers. ”
According to reports, after the last rectification, they have strictly prohibited barbecue restaurants from labeling flavored skewers as "beef and mutton skewers" for sale, and are continuing to track and enforce the law. During the interview, the reporter saw that the menus of many barbecue restaurants had been written as "small skewers of fresh meat".
Flavored skewers that are about to be baked.
The shopkeepers said that after the last crackdown, the ingredients of the prepared food labeled as beef and mutton skewers in wholesale stores now will not be fake. As for the flavor skewers, because the main ingredient is chicken or duck, it will be a lot cheaper.
But the beef and lamb skewers on the menu, do they really live up to their name?During the return visit, the reporter found that the commonly used bagged beef and mutton skewers, although the ingredient list uses beef and mutton as the main raw material, but the specific content is not indicated.
It is difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.
Why is there so much chaos in takeaway barbecue?
Flavor skewers are ubiquitous, and low price is a very important reason.
Many barbecue restaurant owners admit that they know that these products have nothing to do with beef and mutton, but the purchase price is cheap. "The cost is only a few cents, and we don't sell it expensive, mainly as a means of attracting customers. ”
One comparison is that in the current Shaoxing market, each catty of fresh beef and mutton costs about 50 yuan. According to industry insiders, a pound of meat can make 45 small skewers, so that each skewer costs more than 1 yuan.
On the takeaway platform, many barbecue restaurants have beef and mutton skewers.
Three, quaternary. Industry insiders said that in order to increase profits, barbecue stalls rarely use fresh meat, and may also be mixed with pork, etc., and then use additives to enhance flavor.
Law enforcement officials said that they had secretly visited some wholesale points favored by barbecue professionals, and found that there were many kinds of food additives for cured barbecue meat, such as roast goose and duck meat, mutton meat, beef meat, and 100 meat.
But in this return visit, the reporter did not find similar additives, on the contrary, many skewers are frozen semi-finished products. Many shopkeepers said that in terms of additives, Orleans barbecue ingredients are used more.
You can eat skewers with confidence
While strengthening supervision, it is also necessary to set standards.
Law enforcement officials told reporters that the raw materials of the skewers are difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, and the evidence must be tested. However, the high cost of obtaining evidence and the low cost of violating the law have contributed to the trend of selling fake beef and mutton skewers.
After investigation, the shops involved in the case last time were all small catering businesses that provided takeaway services. The main illegal act is to purchase pre-packaged foods such as pork skewers and duck skewers at low prices, and fry and barbecue them in the name of beef and mutton skewers**.
According to the requirements of the General Principles for the Labeling of Prepackaged Food (GB 7718-2011), when there is no name specified in the national standard, industry standard or local standard, a common name or popular name that does not mislead or confuse consumers should be used.
The meat skewers that are about to be grilled.
It is worth mentioning that in the interview, many store owners admitted that if there is a unified industry standard, they are willing to use better beef and mutton to make skewers, "Now the competition pressure is high, others use, if we don't use it, it will be difficult to win customers." ”
One shopkeeper even showed reporters two different types of beef and mutton skewers in their shop. "This bagged beef and lamb skewer is generally used for takeaway. Dine-in meat skewers are all skewered by ourselves, but it will be a little more expensive. ”
In order to protect the rights and interests of consumers, Yuecheng Public Security has been working together with market supervision and administrative law enforcement to promote food safety and security actions to make the barbecue industry more standardized. As a supplement, more than 20,000 volunteer police officers in Yuecheng District are also conducting grid visits, and the "Online Volunteer Police" platform is also receiving real-time consultations and collecting clues.
Tips: How to tell the authenticity of a tempting lamb skewer?
The first trick: than **.
After processing, the fake mutton is mixed with additives such as mutton fat and mutton powder, and it is difficult to distinguish after roasting. However, if you find that the ** of the lamb skewers is very low when you buy it, then it is worth being vigilant and it is likely to be counterfeit lamb.
The second trick: look at three points.
Look at the fat and thin. The fat of lamb is white, whereas the fat of duck is yellow. The fat of real lamb is a trace of lean meat. The fat and lean meat of fake lamb is usually divided in half and will be separated by a pinch by hand.
Look at the color. Fake lamb turns black and froth a lot after cooking. The real lamb rolls are bright red, but when cooked, they turn pink and produce less foam.
Three look at the texture: when the real mutton is grilled, because the mutton fat will be produced, the grilled mutton skewers are round, there will be no edges and corners, and the melted oil and water float on the surface.
The third trick: by taste.
If you can't tell the truth from the fake just by looking at it, you can only tell it by tasting it. Fake lamb feels hard in your mouth. Although real mutton has a mutton flavor, it tastes very fragrant. The mutton has a delicate taste and melts in your mouth, without an astringent taste.
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