In the summer, eat supper and order takeout
It is the favorite of many people
But foodies beware!
Recently, someone ordered takeout
A highly toxic ingredient was discovered
Fabric snail
Mr. Yu, a citizen of Shanghai, ordered a takeaway order at a seafood shop, and one of the dishes called "spicy sea melon seeds" was pictured with a picture that looked like a woven snail that was banned from sale.
Subsequently, Mr. Yu reported the situation to the North Bund Market Supervision Office of the Shanghai Hongkou District Market Supervision Administration. At present, the regulatory authorities have filed a case for investigation into this report and complaint, and the store involved has removed the dish from the shelves.
Search for "spicy sea melon seeds" on local takeaway platforms
It was found that there were still many traders suspected of selling snails
Many businesses are suspected of selling snails
When trying to place an order on the takeaway platform, one canceled the order on the grounds that "sea melon seeds are out of stock". The other did not deliver the order for a long time, and the phone could not be connected, and the merchant did not cancel the order until two hours later. Subsequently, the order was successfully placed at another takeaway store.
After receiving the dish, Cai Youqiong, a researcher at the East China Sea Fisheries Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences, confirmed through the photos of the actual dish that it was a longitudinal ribbed snail.
However, when I called the merchant to inquire, the other party insisted that it was the "sea melon seeds" from Lianyungang. Regarding the question of whether the food is poisonous, the merchant said, "I don't care, anyway, if someone wants to eat it, I can sell it."
At present, it has been learned from the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation that the local market supervision department has carried out verification.
so
What are "sea melon seeds"?
Is it poisonous or not?
Can you eat it?
Cai Youqiong introduced
The mainland is vast, the coastline is long, and there are many dialects in different places, and the term "sea melon seeds" is different. In Shandong, "sea melon seeds" refers to longitudinal ribbed snails; In Fujian and Guangdong, "sea melon seeds" refers to Xun's muscle clams, while in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shanghai, "sea melon seeds" refers to rainbow cherry clams. (Note: "Sea melon seeds" refer to different kinds of conchs, some of which are drug-free)
The toxicity of the whelk is related to its living environment, but at present, the national level has not clarified which varieties or regions of the snail are toxic, and the management is based on the former Ministry of Health's "Announcement on the Prevention of Food Poisoning of Snails" (Announcement No. 13 of 2012 of the Ministry of Health) and the former General Office of the State Food and Drug Administration's "Reply to Issues Concerning the Sales of Snails" (Food and Drug Administration Food and Drug Administration Food Supervision Er Han [2016] No. 528), which clearly stipulates that no food production and business operation unit shall purchase, process and sell snails.
What is a snail?
How toxic is it?
Commonly known as sea snail, sea snail, wheat snail or white snail, it is mainly distributed in coastal areas such as Zhejiang, Fujian and Guangdong. Its shape is characterized by a pointed and slender tail, with a length of about 1 cm and a width of about 0.5 cm, about the size of a fingernail.
The shell surface often has 1~3 purple-brown or reddish-yellow spiral belts, the surface pattern looks like weaving, the screw mouth is white, the flesh is light yellow, and generally lives near offshore reefs and muddy sandy bottoms.
Snails are poisonous creatures, a hundred times more toxic than arsenic. Adults who eat about 10g of such snail meat will have general symptoms of poisoning, and about 50g to 100g can cause death.
Symptoms of poisoning
(1) Patients with snail poisoning by mistake manifested themselves with numbness of the lips, tongue and fingertips, and drooping eyelids in the early stage.
(2) Digestive symptoms may appear soon, mainly stomach discomfort, nausea and vomiting, abdominal pain and diarrhea, thirst, blood in the stool, and then neurological symptoms such as limb numbness, limb weakness or muscle paralysis.
(3) Severe patients have paralysis, slurred speech, hoarseness, cyanosis, dyspnea, confusion, shock, and finally death due to respiratory and circulatory failure.
(1) No food production and business operation entity shall purchase, process and sell snails.
(2) Raise awareness of self-protection and do not buy, harvest or eat snails in any season. Once the snail is ingested, if there are symptoms similar to nervous system poisoning such as numbness of the lips, you should go to the hospital immediately.
(3) If consumers find that food production and business operation units purchase, process and sell snails, they shall promptly call 12315 to report to the local market supervision department.
Source: CNR, Chengdu Business Daily, Chengdu Market Supervision, Inner Mongolia Market Supervision
Editor: Huang Keshu
First Trial: Jiang Hao
Reviewer: Gu Yan
Final review: Yang Hong
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