Recently, Wang Hai, a well-known anti-counterfeiter, posted on social platforms accusing Dongfang Selection of a frozen white shrimp product of having problems, that is, concealing the addition and excessive use of food additives "shrimp medicine", which may affect food safety.
The cumulative sales of the product reached more than 7 million pieces, and Wang Hai called on Dongfang Selection to take the initiative to return the goods for a refund and compensate consumers with 6.9 billion yuan. This incident has once again aroused widespread public concern about food additives and safety standards.
Incidentally, after a consumer purchased a certain "Ecuadorian original white shrimp" selected by Dongfang, he had doubts about the quality of the product and conducted a test. The test report showed that the sulfur dioxide residue in the batch of white shrimp products was 0155 grams of kilograms, exceeding the safety indicators specified in the relevant national standards.
Among them, sulfur dioxide is one of the testing items of food additive "shrimp medicine". It is reported that shrimp medicine has a certain antiseptic and fresh-keeping effect, but its use must be strictly controlled, otherwise it may have a negative impact on human health.
After Wang Hai obtained the test report, he pointed out that Dongfang Selection claimed in the product promotion that its ingredients were only "shrimp, water, and salt", and did not label the addition of any food additives. However, the actual test results showed that shrimp poison was added.
He judged that Dongfang Selection was suspected of concealing the addition and excessive use of food additives in this matter. Its anchor Dong also made misleading representations about the product ingredients in the live broadcast with goods. Therefore, he appealed to consumers to stop buying and consuming the product, and take the initiative to return the product for a refund.
After the news came out, Dongfang Selection issued a statement to refute the doubts, saying that it had also tested the batch of products, and the results met the national standards. However, the test report uploaded by it also showed sulfur dioxide residues.
Although the values are lower than the results in the leaks, they also confirm the use of additives. Wang Hai believes that regardless of whether it exceeds the standard or not, Dongfang Selection should make a statement on the fact of adding shrimp medicine, and its existing statements are suspected of deceiving consumers.
Industry experts pointed out that the use of food additives in food production can be allowed within a certain range, but the key is to comply with relevant national standards, correctly labeled, and not concealed.
Consumers should also look at food additives reasonably and cannot be completely excluded across the board. Food companies should strengthen quality control and standard operations, and do not deceive consumers with false rumors. The regulatory authorities need to coordinate the management policy of food additives, improve the supervision mechanism, find problems in a timely manner and investigate and deal with them in accordance with the law.
This incident reflects that there are still some shortcomings in China's food safety supervision. First, the production and operation of enterprises in the quality awareness of weak quality, poor standard concept and other problems. When some enterprises encounter quality and safety problems, their first reaction is not to check and fill in the gaps, but to evade or even cover up the facts.
Second, there are blind spots in the supervision network of the regulatory department, and the monitoring methods of food additives, especially trace additions, need to be improved. Third, the awareness of consumer rights protection is weak, and they dare not take the initiative to complain when they find problems, and lack of supervision power. Fourth, there is a suspicion of exaggeration in supervision, and there is a lack of rational analysis of the essence of the problem.
This incident is a warning to all parties. Enterprises should establish a quality bottom line thinking and practice the social responsibility of correctly recognizing consumers. Regulatory departments should improve technical means and strengthen daily supervision.
Consumers need to be rational and more discerning. ** Avoid emotion and insist on objectivity and fairness. Only when all parties work together and constantly improve the system of laws and regulations and standards can the "safety on the tip of the tongue" of the masses become a reality.