Ji'nan meat factory was ordered to rectify the processed meat with pigment water.
Qilu Evening Newspaper
recently, there are citizens to the tip of the Safety Hotline of this newspaper, in the the Yellow River floating bridge to the North 1 kilometers north of a meat factory has In violation of production, the factory was suspected of injecting pigment water when processing bacon. The inspectors of the food and Drug Administration of Ji'nan inspected the meat factory and found that the water injection in the factory was a normal process and had been reported, but the added pigment was not reported. The inspectors also found that the factory's smoked meat bags were not in compliance with the regulations, and the enterprises were required to carry out rectification.
the citizens reflected.Gt;.Gt;
recently, the citizens reflected that there was a waste gas station near the the Yellow River floating bridge to the North 1 kilometers north, and a meat factory had pigments in the raw meat. Every day started at midnight, and lasted until second days. In the afternoon, two machines poured water into raw meat with needles. After the water is finished, it is fumigated and sold, and a lot of water is left inside.
around 8:30 pm on the 11 day, the reporter came to the Yellow River next to an abandoned gas station in the north of the pontoon bridge and found the meat factory being started. Not far from the workshop, the reporter could hear the roar of machines in the workshop.
the reporter saw the front door of the factory building east, a white flat door open in the southwestern corner of the factory, with 3 plastic boxes in the door, filled with cloudy, pale pink water. Beside the plastic box is a stainless steel machine, about 2 meters high. A worker is pouring water from the plastic box into the machine, then hooks a large piece of raw pork into the machine.
according to the public, the machine is water injection machine. The source of water is constantly injected into raw pork, and then the pork needs to be smoked and baked. The public said there was a great potential for food safety, and the pigment used in food may not be compliant.
law enforcement inspection.Gt;.Gt;
water injection as the necessary process of production
14 days, journalists follow the inspectors of the Ji'nan food and Drug Administration Bureau to the factory. The factory was registered in 2013 and mainly produces smoked cured meat in Sichuan.
inspection of the plant materials and sales accounts found that from April 1st to May 13th, the plant started 20 days, processing 1000 catties of raw meat per day, using about 20000 kilograms of meat, and other ingredients such as salt and soy sauce. In the delivery record, about 19000 pounds of bacon were sent out in these 20 days.
reporters and inspectors entered the workshop together. The reporter saw that the factory first procrastinate the frozen meat in two pools and thaw it, then put it into the water injecting machine to fill the water. Pork was then cut, rolled, baked, smoked and packaged.
the reporter sees that the blue plastic box beside the water injecting machine is filled with white pulp. This is a seasoning. It is added to the raw meat after the salt water. It can let the taste go directly into the meat, in order to produce the necessary process. The manufacturer responsible for the introduction, 100 pounds of meat about 30 pounds of water, and finally about 90 pounds of bacon.
the inspector inspected the enterprise standard of the enterprise's report and found that the water injection had been reported for normal process.
discovery problem.Gt;.Gt;
add pigment unreported
check, the reporter found that the water being added is pink, and it is cloudy. Some pigments were added to the water injection. The manufacturer's leader brought in a basic red koji red bag. The responsible person said that Jinan people like dark cured meat, so add Monascus red.
according to the inspectors, according to the food additive standard, red yeast red can be added to cured meat products and cooked meat products, and the amount of addition is also used in proper amount according to the production needs. The manufacturer's standard does not indicate the need to add pigment. According to regulations, all excipients should be listed, and records should be used. Inspectors said, the factory's plastic bags ingredients list, there is no red koji red one thing.
in the auxiliary material list of the factory, the reporter did not find the use record of Monascus red. The inspectors looked at the repository of the accessories, did not find Monascus red, nor found other pigment additives. The manufacturer explained that the red yeast had just run out and the new product had not yet arrived.
food safety law stipulates that food production enterprises should establish a record system for food additives inspection, and record the name, specification, quantity, name and contact mode of the supplier, the date of delivery and so on. The purchase inspection record shall be authentic and the storage period shall not be less than two years.
processing results.Gt;.Gt;
enterprise within ten days rectification
inspectors check the product found that the factory smoked meat packing bag did not specify the factory information according to the regulations. The two packages did not write any factory information inside and outside, and only printed the production date on the paper shell food box. On the other hand, there is a packing bag with the brand, ingredients, address and other information of the manufacturer, but the manufacturer is rarely used by the person. "The person who is in the stock asks for the information of the manufacturer, so as to be found to be in the business by others." Printed information from manufacturers is not well sold and shipped very little. "
inspectors said that regular manufacturers can not produce three non packaging products, even if the importer has the requirements, it should be printed on the manufacturer's information according to law, and the packaging should be rectified. According to the food safety law, the packaging of prepackaged food should be labelled. Labels should be marked with name, specification, net content, production date, ingredient or ingredient list, producer name, address, contact information and so on.
the staff of the Quality Supervision Bureau of Tianqiao District have issued a report on the inspection results to the manufacturer, which requires the enterprise to complete the rectification of the production process that does not conform to the regulations in ten days.