Do you like “laotan pickled cabbage”?
Be careful, if you eat pickled cabbage in your mouth, it is likely to be “earth pit” pickled cabbage that is not cleaned at all, trampled by workers, mixed with cigarette butts, or even preservatives and other additives that exceed the standard by 2 to 10 times. “Fair and honest consumption”. On the evening of March 15, 2022, the “March 15” party exposed the “earth pit” pickled cabbage without any food safety guarantee.
workers step on bare feet and throw cigarette butts directly on pickled vegetables
On the evening of the 15th, China Central Television’s “March 15” evening party exposed the inside story of the production of “tukeng” pickled vegetables, and Hunan flag inserting Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd. was named. It is reported that Huarong County is a well-known vegetable processing enterprise, and it is also a famous instant noodle processing enterprise in Huarong County, Hunan Province.
After the company was exposed, its official website was quickly closed, showing that “your website is suspended. You can access it normally after lifting the suspension”.
According to the official website of flag inserted cuisine industry, the cooperative enterprises of the company include famous catering enterprises such as Master Kang, uni president and Wugu fishing powder
The reporter followed the company’s truck and found a pit for pickled pickled vegetables in a nearby farmland. Some of the workers wore slippers, some barefoot, stepped on the pickled cabbage, and some even worked while smoking. The cigarette ends were thrown directly onto the pickled cabbage. When these pickled vegetables were purchased by flag vegetable leaves, the flag vegetable industry did not test the health indicators.
Laotan pickled cabbage bag is called “laotan craft, full-time fermentation.”
In a dark warehouse, the reporter did see some jars, but the worker told the reporter that the pickled cabbage in the old jar pickled cabbage bag had not been fermented in the jar.
reporter: is there secondary fermentation?
workers of Hunan flag inserting Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd.: No.
reporter: just use the pile outside, the one I just saw in the cleaning workshop?
workers of Hunan flag inserting Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd.: mm.
manager Yan of Hunan flag inserting Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd.: it doesn’t need secondary fermentation, it doesn’t need.
manager Peng of Hunan flag inserting Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd.: is a Chinese product. When you go to the hands of consumers, there are a little leaves and fiber, at most, you will be fined 1000 (yuan) and 2000 (yuan). If you go abroad, at least 100000 (yuan) .
Manager Peng said that the finished products processed with sauerkraut in the pit may contain some impurities, which are difficult to find by the naked eye due to multiple processes such as shredding.
How are these pickled vegetables pickled?
Every early spring, when mustard is ripe, there is a big pit next to the vegetable field. Workers pour the mustard pulled from the field into the pit. The reporter noted that these mustard are not cleaned, and some even take withered and yellowing leaves. After they are placed, add water and salt, wrap them with film, cover them with soil and marinate them directly.
reporter: how many earth pits do we have here?
farmers: there are earth pits all the way.
In some farmland in Huarong County, the reporter saw that there were indeed many pits for pickling pickled vegetables.
After three months, pickled vegetables are cured.
From July to January of the next year, manufacturers will come here to buy sauerkraut. Like the pickled cabbage acquired by the flag inserting vegetable industry, workers either wear slippers or barefoot, trample around on the pickled cabbage . Some even work while smoking, cigarette ends are directly thrown on pickled cabbage .
farmers: all over the country , Hubei, Sichuan and Shanghai.
According to the official website of the flag food industry, the company was established in 2005, covering an area of more than 150 mu, with assets of more than 100 million yuan and more than 1200 employees. The company has 12 food grade standard workshops, 4 modern vegetable processing production lines, more than 500 sets of equipment, and an annual vegetable processing capacity of 80000 tons. There are 300 high-standard indoor pickling tanks, with an annual vegetable pickling capacity of nearly 40000 tons.
The official website also introduces that the company adheres to quality as its life, and has passed the QS national food safety system, the international ISO90012008 quality management system, the international ISO220 Elec-Tech International Co.Ltd(002005) food safety management system , the export of agricultural and sideline products and China’s pollution-free Shenzhen Agricultural Products Group Co.Ltd(000061) , etc, Good product quality has effectively promoted the product sales of the enterprise.
The company has “flag inserting”, “Huarong Road”, “qiaobaling”, “master Yan” 4 major product brands, and has established strategic cooperation with a large number of well-known enterprises such as Master Kang and uni president in terms of product processing and direct supply of raw materials.
According to the data on the official website, the company has successively obtained “China’s well-known trademarks”, “China’s 100 demonstration units of food safety”, “leading enterprises of agricultural industrialization in Hunan Province”, “enterprises undertaking the” 131 project “of agricultural industrialization in Hunan Province”, “top 100 private enterprises in Hunan Province”, “top five vegetable processing enterprises in Hunan Province” “Hunan consumer trustworthy unit” and many other honors.
According to qixinbao, Hunan Zhaqi Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd. was established on May 16, 2005, with a registered capital of 12 million yuan, the legal representative is Yan Qinwu, the business status is survival, and the registered address is Zhaqi Town Industrial Park, Huarong County, Hunan Province. Just 12 days before , the Market Supervision Bureau of Tianxin District, Changsha also publicized the test results of sampling the “laotan beans” produced by the company , and the sampling time was February 5, 2022. The sampling results showed that they were qualified .
On the evening of March 15, the relevant person in charge of Huarong County market supervision and Administration Bureau told surging news that they had seen the problems exposed in the “March 15” Party of China Central Television, and the staff of the bureau had gone to the scene for investigation.
preservative exceeds the standard by 10 times
manager said: not exceeding the standard
In addition to the flag vegetable industry, the “March 15” party also exposed several other enterprises producing pickled vegetables.
It is understood that Yayuan pickle food factory in Junshan District, Yueyang City also collects vegetables from farmers’ pits. In the workshop, a large number of sour mustard were directly unloaded on the ground. The person in charge of tanqiao Food Co., Ltd. said, “the preservative in the pickled vegetables we make now exceeds the standard, which is generally more than 2-10 times ” in summer
In the workshop, a large number of pickled mustard were directly unloaded on the ground. Some bags had cracked and pickled mustard fell directly on the ground.
reporter: shall we take it back to test these things?
manager Li of Yueyang Junshan Yayuan pickle food factory: brittleness, moisture and acidity.
reporter: so we usually don’t check these in, do we, bacteria and E. coli?
manager Li of Yayuan pickle food factory, Junshan District, Yueyang City: none of them were inspected.
After cleaning, rooting and cutting, sauerkraut is transported to the next process.
In the packaging workshop, a worker is filling the pickled cabbage bag with liquid with a spoon.
reporter: what water did you add?
Yueyang Junshan Yayuan pickle food factory worker: I don’t know.
Haixia pickle factory also processes pickles for the back kitchen of the catering industry. The workshop is full of stains. The pickled vegetables to be processed are directly stacked on the ground. It is easier to clean the pickled vegetables here. Just after passing through the water, they are directly cut, bagged, added with preservatives and sealed.
In the investigation, practitioners revealed to reporters that due to the short pickling time of pickled vegetables, they will turn black and rotten in about a month or two after packaging, and sometimes add too much preservatives in the processing process.
manager Liu of tanqiao Food Co., Ltd.: now the preservatives in the pickled cabbage we make exceed the standard, mainly the color protecting agent, sodium pyrosulfite and sulfur dioxide. I know the products we make now, I just exceed the standard when I make them. If they don’t exceed the standard, I can’t .
reporter: how much will this place exceed the standard?
manager Liu of tanqiao Food Co., Ltd.: it depends on the climate.
reporter: how much will it exceed in summer?
manager Liu of tanqiao Food Co., Ltd.: generally more than two to ten times .
Manager Liu said that although the quantity is excessive, they are already familiar with the use of preservatives and are not afraid of being checked.
manager Liu of tanqiao Food Co., Ltd.: we have played a little bit of a side ball with this thing.
reporter: how did you get it?
Manager Liu of tanqiao Food Co., Ltd.: that is to say, this product, all its preservatives and color protectants are volatile. The data you added today, the products we made today, you detect it is a data today, and its data is different after half a month . You can double it now, but it won’t exceed the standard in a month.
In addition, Jinrui Food Co., Ltd., which was exposed at the “March 15” party, is also a large sauerkraut processing enterprise in Huarong County. It also processes laotan sauerkraut for some food enterprises. According to China Central Television, the production director of Jinrui Food Co., Ltd. said he would buy some “earth pit pickled vegetables”. The person in charge of production admitted that the pickled vegetables collected from farmers will go through multiple processes such as cleaning, jar seven-day fermentation and shredding. It is difficult to find some impurities with the naked eye.
laotan pickled vegetables and related products quickly removed from the shelves
unified response
On the evening of March 15, every Xiaobian searched for “laotan pickled cabbage” related commodities through platforms such as jd.com, Taobao, Metro and HEMA. At present, it shows that they have not been searched.
Taobao Master Kang’s official flagship store has taken products related to laotan pickled vegetable beef noodles off the shelves.
The hot topic of “sou Ba” is also related to “sou Ba”.
On the evening of March 15, unified enterprise (China) Investment Co., Ltd. issued a statement on its official website, saying: the company attaches great importance to it and has thoroughly inspected the raw materials of pickled cabbage bags and relevant filing records under the on-site investigation of Changsha market supervision and administration on March 15.
According to the statement issued by uni president, Hunan Zhaqi company is no longer the supplier of raw materials for sauerkraut bags of the company since December 2012. Meanwhile, uni president has interviewed the person in charge of Hunan Jinrui company for the first time, has sealed all relevant sauerkraut bags , and conducted quality testing together with the participation of the market supervision bureau.
Unified said that it would carry out necessary rectification actions as required under the supervision of the market supervision bureau and shoulder due social responsibilities.
The relevant behaviors of Hunan Jinrui company have seriously violated the standard requirements and business guidelines of unified company for suppliers. Unified has immediately stopped the supplier qualification of Hunan Jinrui company, investigated the possible management problems, took strict rectification measures, and urged it to disclose the handling results.
The unified statement said, this incident is a mistake in the management of the company, which has failed to live up to the trust of the majority of consumers. I deeply apologize for this unification will fully cooperate with the investigation and handling of government management departments, deeply reflect, take warning, strengthen management, and sincerely accept the supervision of the media and all sectors of society.
There is KFC’s brand logo in the partner column of the flag inserting vegetable industry. The reporter of the daily economic news verified that KFC’s parent company Yum China responded: “the flag inserting company is not our supplier and has nothing to do with our company. We have ordered the flag inserting company to remove false information from its official website.”
