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In 2010, a survey by Hunan Agricultural University showed that farmed bullfrogs were 100 times dirtier than wild bullfrogs.
Why do the same bullfrogs have to be dirtier than the wild ones?
Moreover, many farmed bullfrogs now have exceeded the standard, and Hangzhou even has 54 batches of bullfrogs that have been sampled, half of which exceed the standard.
Why are bullfrogs more likely to have safety problems than other animals?
Breeding of bullfrogs.
Many people will suggest that if you want to eat animals, it is best to focus on animals that you don't have time to breed in the food market, after all, you can have your own place in the market because they have been tested layer by layer.
Therefore, many people will be very relieved to choose the ingredients in the ingredient market, after all, no matter what it is, after testing, we will be more assured when we eat.
However, there is a kind of organism, especially in the south, which is more numerous, and it is very easy to breed, but this kind of organism is often exceeded.
Moreover, even experts call it the hardest hit area of food safety, why is that?
This creature is the bullfrog, and because the bullfrog is a very easy creature to breed, the breeding of bullfrogs is also very simple.
The spawning period of bullfrogs is generally in the spring, so during the spawning period, farmers will choose to go to ponds and small lakes to catch bullfrog eggs, and then go back to breeding bullfrogs.
Although this is a very simple way of farming, it is equivalent to a no-cost method, and because the farmers catch the floating eggs of bullfrogs very cleanly, the number in the wild may not be as large as in the ponds.
Therefore, in terms of breeding, bullfrogs can be very easy to breed.
When the bullfrogs in the pond grow up, farmers can catch them and sell them for a profit.
In order to breed the most bullfrogs in the shortest time, farmers will inject pesticides into the ponds, and at the same time, they will also sell some insect food, so that these foods can be reproduced in the ponds, so that the bullfrogs can grow faster.
However, in this way, when farmers sell bullfrogs, there may be a lot of chemical residues in the meat of the bullfrogs we eat, causing food safety hazards.
What caused the hardest hit areas?
If bullfrog meat is the hardest hit area for food safety, there must be a reason for it.
So, what is the reason for these problems?
There are two reasons for this.
One is the environmental problem of breeding.
Bullfrogs live in a humid environment, so during the breeding process, farmers will provide a good moist environment to ensure that the bullfrogs can thrive.
But the second is that everything is two-sided, positive and negative at the same time, this environment is also very good for bullfrogs, such an environment can allow the number of bullfrogs to grow significantly in a short period of time.
When there are too many bullfrogs, farmers will pour a large amount of pesticides into the pond to reduce the number of bullfrogs, but also ensure that the number of bullfrogs will not decrease due to pesticide killing, so that the number of bullfrogs will continue to increase.
During the breeding time, in order to allow the bullfrogs to grow up, farmers will choose to give the bullfrogs some carnivorous food, but the food cannot be given to the bullfrogs all the time, otherwise they will become dependent on the bullfrogs.
Therefore, farmers will control the amount of bullfrog food, give bullfrogs a little food every day, and in addition, they will put some herbivorous food into the pond so that bullfrogs can forage on their own, so as to ensure the diversity of food sources of bullfrogs, so that bullfrogs can raise healthier.
However, when the bullfrog eats food for a day, there will definitely be some excess food, there will be some contaminated food in the pond water, and the excrement of the bullfrog will also have an impact on the water quality, so these things, farmers need to continuously treat the water quality of the pond.
In order to save costs, farmers will choose cheap pond water treatment drugs, but the quality of these drugs cannot be guaranteed, which will lead to a large number of pesticide chemicals in the pond, even if these substances will not harm the bullfrog, but the bullfrog will form residues, which will cause harm to our body when we eat the meat of the bullfrog.
Therefore, the breeding environment is the most unsafe place for us to eat bullfrog meat.
The second is that the bullfrog is a facultative omnivorous aquatic animal, which is usually active at night, and during the day, it will hide.
And they eat very limited things, both plants and animals, if they eat meat, they can make their bodies grow better, and they can also make their bodies stronger, so that the bullfrogs can be better sold.
The breeding environment is very good for bullfrogs, so what bullfrogs eat may also be considered very useful, but this is not right.
There are basically no poisonous things in carnivorous aquatic foods like bullfrogs, but carnivorous things may eat some poisonous things, and then bring these poisonous things to our body through meat, after all, the excrement in the body of living organisms is incomplete.
Therefore, the breeding of bullfrogs exceeds the standard, which is also a reason.
Why is bullfrog edema?
In fact, the meat of bullfrogs is very prone to edema, and some farmers will also inject the meat of bullfrogs, so that the weight of bullfrogs can skyrocket within a few days.
Although farmers can earn more as a result, it is very unsafe for consumers.
Moreover, bullfrogs in the current consumer market often have edema.
So for consumers, should they buy such bullfrogs?
The edema of the bullfrogs is mainly due to the fact that before these bullfrogs are sold, the farmers will first starve the bullfrogs and then soak the bullfrogs in water, which will cause the livers and kidneys of the bullfrogs to be stained with water, and then the bullfrogs will be dried in a hot environment.
In this way, a large amount of water will be lost in the body of the bullfrog, but in order to make more money, farmers will choose to inject water into the meat of the bullfrog, so that the weight of the bullfrog will skyrocket, but when it is first bought, the toxins in the body of the bullfrog will be retained, and the meat of the bullfrog will be edema.
In this way, the consumer's body is harmed by bullfrog meat.
However, some farmers with good technology will treat the liver and kidneys of bullfrogs and then sell them, so that the bullfrogs bought by consumers will not have edema.
epilogue
Therefore, today, I still have to urge everyone to say, do not inject plant chemicals into our farmland, and do not litter the farm, the environment we live in, in nature, even a small thing will have a huge impact on our lives.