A few days ago, some netizens posted that many campuses in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, "have expired and moldy bread distributed to students".
On the 29th, the reporter learned from the relevant departments that the moldy situation was the butter cake, and after a preliminary investigation, it was caused by the lack of cooling time in some batches of processing links. The relevant departments have filed a case for investigation on the distribution and production enterprises, suspended the relevant services of the distribution enterprises, ordered the production enterprises to stop production, and have recycled, sealed, sampled and sent the relevant batches of cakes for inspection. The local health authorities have not received any reports of cases caused by the consumption of the suspected batch of food.
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A total of 7 schools were found to be involved in moldy cakes
It is understood that on the afternoon of September 25, when Gejiang Middle School in Kunshan City distributed cakes to students, it was found that a small number of cakes were moldy. After receiving the school's report, the local government immediately set up an investigation team. The Kunshan Municipal Education Bureau immediately notified the relevant schools to stop the distribution of cakes and do a good job of recycling, and at the same time do a good job of health monitoring. The market supervision department of Kunshan City conducted an investigation on Kunshan Hongsheng Agricultural and Sideline Products Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Hongsheng Company), the cake distributor; The market supervision department of Suzhou Industrial Park conducted an on-site investigation of Suzhou Trace Food Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Trace Company), a cake manufacturer.
After preliminary investigation, a total of 7 schools were found to be involved in the mouldy cakes.
At 8 a.m. on September 24, Trace Company began to make cakes according to Hongsheng's order, and completed the production at 6 p.m. At about 9:30 p.m. that day, Trace Company sent 16,650 cakes to Hongsheng Company, and stored them in the distribution workshop after sampling and acceptance. Before 3 p.m. on September 25, Hongsheng Company distributed this batch of 16,505 cakes to 7 schools.
Subsequently, the school began to distribute it to students after sampling inspections. Afterwards, during the on-site inspection of Trace Company, it was verified that no preservatives were added to the cake, and the storage conditions were "cool and dry at room temperature, avoiding direct sunlight", and the shelf life was 3 days.
After investigation, when the company made the last batch of more than 1,900 cakes, some of the cakes did not meet the process requirements of cooling for 3 hours. At present, the market supervision department has completed the sampling of the workshop environment, product raw materials, food packaging materials, processing equipment and cake products of the production enterprises, and the relevant inspections are in progress. The business license of the manufacturer, the food production license, the delivery documents and the inspection report of the batch of cake products on September 24 and the purchase inspection records are complete.
After investigation, Hongsheng Company's food business license is valid, and from January 2021 to July 2024, it will become a raw material distribution unit for school canteens in Kunshan City through the bidding process. In the new round of bidding, the company has also won the bid. However, due to the major adjustment of the provincial primary and secondary school food bidding and procurement methods, the contract was not signed. In order to ensure the distribution of food ingredients in the campus canteen, the company signed a temporary contract and continued the delivery service. After the incident, the Kunshan Municipal Education Bureau has suspended its delivery service.
Bread producers have been subject to administrative penalties
According to the investigation of the Kunshan Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, Hongsheng Company obtained the "Food Business License" on January 25, 2022, and its business scope is the sales of pre-packaged food (including refrigerated and frozen food) and the sales of bulk food (including refrigerated and frozen food).
The reporter checked the information and found that the company was subject to administrative punishment by the Suzhou Industrial Park Market Supervision and Administration Bureau in June 2023, and the type of illegal acts was the production and operation of food, food additives, and food-related products prohibited by the state and their subordination, with a fine of RMB 20,000. In August, October and November 2022, the company was ordered to rectify by the Jinji Lake Business District Branch of the Suzhou Industrial Park Market Supervision and Administration Bureau.
Source: Guangzhou Daily, CCTV News, People's Daily Jiangsu
Editor: Jingmo