In fact, Fan Heng also reflected on the Sudan Red incident.

As Fan Wubing pointed out, it is the management gaps of relevant domestic functional departments that give Sudan Hong the opportunity to survive.

The management of food additives in China was first specifically responsible for the Food Bureau of the former Ministry of Light Industry. Later, the state adjusted the division of labor for food inspection functions: imported and exported food must be tested by the Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau; the food produced by enterprises must be tested by the Quality and Technical Supervision Bureau after leaving the factory; and the hygiene, agriculture and other departments also pay attention to food safety.

The situation of long-term supervision of food safety has led to repeated testing in some areas, while some areas cannot be tested.

The Sudan Hong No. 1 incident also shows that the entire food industry has weak safety awareness. In the first few days after the domestic hunt for Sudan Hong No. 1 was issued, the heads of some industry associations and industry experts concluded with a widespread statement that Sudan Hong No. 1 was only detected in some countries. There were neither enterprises in China to manufacture Sudan Hong No. 1 pigments nor food companies added Sudan Hong No. 1 pigments.

When asked why such a conclusion could be reached without specific investigation, the relevant person in charge of the China Condiment Industry Association could be said to be surprising, "Because domestic condiment manufacturers have never been allowed to use Sudan Red No. 1 as food additives."

In fact, it was not until long after the incident that the relevant industry associations issued an emergency notice, requiring local catering units to immediately stop using food containing Sudan Hong No. 1 and strive to limit harmful substance pollution to the minimum range.

Regarding this matter, Fan Heng specially invited some senior practitioners from the food industry to consult. They said that it is not the only one that can dye food red. There are many common methods of making red in the domestic market: smoke it with sulfur to make red peppers, red hawthorn slices, mix it with formaldehyde to make red sausages, and mix it with red sausages with paint and red slurry to make orange water.

Although these poisonous foods added with poisonous red and poisonous materials have been repeatedly seized and punished by the health department of the Industrial and Commercial Quality Supervision Bureau, and have been repeatedly exposed or criticized by the media, they are like pressing a gourd to float up. They have been checked in front, found in back, found in back, found in here, found in there again, and found in there again, so the relevant departments even posted notices to let consumers be careful.

An unavoidable fact is that not only Sudan Hong No. 1 exists in China, but also various Sudan Hong No. 1 such as formaldehyde and carmine.

The emergence of this incident once again shows that it is urgent to establish a new food safety warning response mechanism in China.

Some experts also pointed out that the current food safety warning and emergency mechanism should be strengthened from the hardware and software aspects as soon as possible. In terms of hardware, food safety evaluation standards should be improved. Although many standards have been issued in China, some standards are too old in terms of current social development. In this regard, the country must consider integrating with developed countries as soon as possible. In addition, food safety inspection technology should be improved, and this technology should at least ensure the rapid and accurate inspection of all kinds of foods on the market.

In terms of software, it means that the quality of the overall law enforcement team of the country needs to be improved urgently. The country should strengthen training of law enforcement personnel and improve their ability to inspect and respond to food safety from both technical and experience aspects.

At the same time, the establishment of the national food safety and sanitation epidemic prevention warning mechanism and related emergency systems should be based on standards acceptable to both the people and the government. The relevant national departments should cultivate the awareness of domestic food enterprises to do comprehensive quality control, and start quality control for an unprepared product during the market planning period, and this control period should continue until the product loses its use value in the hands of consumers.

A large-scale encirclement and suppression operation in China against Sudan Hong No. 1 has achieved fruitful results. A variety of problematic products containing Sudan Hong No. 1 produced by many enterprises including Heinz and KFC were seized in Beijing, Guangdong, Zhejiang, Guangxi, Hunan, Sichuan, Fujian and other provinces and municipalities.

At the same time, the industrial and commercial department has also locked in the source of Sudan Hong 1, which provides food raw materials for the above-mentioned enterprises. One of the companies produced nearly 20,000 kilograms of food raw materials containing Sudan Hong 1, called "Liaojiaohong 1", which has flowed to nine provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities including Guangdong, Guangxi, Henan, Jiangsu, Hubei, Hebei, Zhejiang, Yunnan, Chongqing, etc.

At present, industrial and commercial agencies in various places are organizing forces to step up inspections and deal with these issues.

"Sudanhong-1 contains azobenzene. When azobenzene is degraded, a moderately toxic carcinogen aniline will be produced. Excessive aniline inhaled into the human body may cause tissue hypoxia, poor breathing, damage to the central nervous system and cardiovascular system, and even infertility." A medical expert said when explaining the harm of Sudanhong-1 to Fan Heng and other leaders of the State Council, "This harm is obviously very great, but I believe that among some domestically produced foods, there should be some other banned additives that are far greater than those of Sudanhong-1."

A very famous female nutritionist also said that in fact, the incomplete food standards are not only common in China, but also in countries around the world. It is especially reflected in the safety management of ready-to-eat food, which is commonly known as fast food.

She believes that as people's pace of life accelerates, the consumption of ready-to-eat foods has swept the world. However, the ingredients that seem to be simple ready-to-eat foods are actually very complex and have many types.

Take the UK as an example. In a piece of meat-filled potato cake sold, there are more than 50 different ingredients, including those that enhance the umami flavor of food, those that emulsify, and those that increase consistency.

In addition, the food production chain of ready-to-eat food is also quite complex. Foreign experts believe that the complex food safety chain has also increased the difficulty of tracking potential problem foods. For example, fifty ingredients have the possibility of errors.

Experts from the British agricultural and food inspection department believe that no matter how strong the UK food inspection department is and how perfect the standards for food additives are, it will have to face thousands of foods containing more than 50 ingredients, so it is difficult to ensure that the source and safety of the food can be 100% tested every time.

However, the food safety expert also pointed out that if modern human society loses these additives, the taste of some ready-to-eat foods will be much worse than before, and various foods will face many new problems, such as microbial contamination and bacterial growth, and the lack of nutrients.

"In specific cases, illegal food companies use any means to reduce costs, but the inspection technology of the regulatory authorities has not followed up in time, there is no prevention, there is only random inspection, no processing link information collection, and only after-tracking and clearing. This means that the food safety system is actually in a passive and lagging situation." She said to everyone, "Therefore, when relevant departments respond to these problems, they still need to strengthen the supervision of food. Of course, building a food safety system should not be a simple government behavior, but also require food companies with conscience to improve the food safety system control from raw materials to the dining table as soon as possible, and guide the new direction of the food industry."

This incident also made Chinese people doubt some foreign brands that they trust very much, such as large companies such as KFC.

Due to the Sudan Red incident, KFC has recently had to deal with a steady stream of litigation disputes, and under the siege of the media, whether to continue to implement the policy of exemption and rejection of invoices in the future. To handle these subsequent problems and restore its famous brand image, it is naturally necessary to take on its own social responsibilities.

In this incident, KFC first claimed that its products did not contain Sudan Red. When the quality inspection department announced that it had found Sudan Red in its products, it faced embarrassment and pushed the blame to the relevant suppliers. They claimed that they had repeatedly asked the relevant suppliers to ensure that their products did not contain Sudan Red No. 1 and obtained written guarantees from the supplier. However, they did not expect that the supplier violated the regulations to include raw materials containing Sudan Red ingredients.

This statement not only did not win public sympathy and convincing, but instead caused people to question the quality system it has always advocated. As a global catering company, it has always advocated the standardization of production procedures, clarification and digitalization, and there is no safety mechanism for random inspection and testing of suppliers' products again. Is its entire quality and safety system reliable? At the same time, on the issue of consumer claims, KFC has always been vague, and the image of an international big-name enterprise has been greatly reduced in the minds of Chinese consumers.

In fact, according to the internationally accepted SA8000 standard, corporate social responsibility is a moral behavior of an enterprise to society, that is, while the enterprise makes profits, it must take the initiative to assume responsibility for the environment, society and stakeholders.

Enterprises are the cell of society and the support of enterprises. The development of enterprises must require a large amount of social resources and natural resources. Only by allowing society to continue to progress and develop can enterprises have continuous resource support and sufficient room for expansion. At the same time, society is also the source of corporate interests. By taking on social responsibilities and winning reputation and social recognition, enterprises can better reflect their cultural orientation and values, create a better social atmosphere for enterprise development, so that enterprises can maintain their vitality and achieve long-term sustainable development.

China is a country with a large population and a country with a large consumer.

It can be said that no multinational company that wants to seek further development can ignore the existence of a huge market like China.

In the past, due to long-term image publicity and good performance, multinational companies like KFC have won blind admiration from many Chinese consumers. However, with the maturity of Chinese consumers and the improvement of awareness of rights protection, this blind worship of foreign countries is transforming into sober and rationality, marked by the Sudan Red incident.

Under this situation, whether multinational companies exploit loopholes in policies and laws, or deceive and fool consumers, they will inevitably lead to the company being frigid and rejected by this market.

However, the more worrying issue is the domestic food safety issues, or more of the lack of social integrity. From chili sauce, chili oil, cooked meat, instant noodles, salads, and even to lecithin and cosmetics, no one can tell how many types of Sudan red products there are around people.

This incident actually ignited an industry secret. Some food processing companies took advantage of loopholes in laws and regulations. At present, food safety laws and regulations in the domestic circulation field are seriously lacking, and some food standards have not changed for decades. The Sudan Red Incident is a fish that has lost the net due to imperfect food inspection standards.

Through this incident, in addition to Fan Wubing's jokes, Boss Zhu vented his anger, the government has also done some things to make up for the loss, and revised outdated food safety regulations and other laws and regulations.

According to the plan, the current national standards and industry standards for processed food will be thoroughly cleaned. Some of the standards will be merged and eliminated, and some standards will be included in the new standard system after passing the review. The cleaned standards together with the national standards and industry standards for processed food that need to be formulated in the plan will form a new standard system for processed food.

In fact, the incident happened this time felt a bit embarrassing. Although the domestic "Sanitary Standards for the Use of Food Additives" prohibits the use of industrial raw materials as food additives, since Sudan Red is not a food additive, the Sudan Red is not included in the routine testing project, and the establishment of food standards did not consider that enterprises would use industrial raw materials.

Therefore, in recent years, no unit has applied for Sudan Red to test. Examples of similar Sudan Red are that the fresh cream on the cake can not be melted for several days, but in fact, excessive additives are used in the cake. However, the current national standards do not limit the scope and amount of use of the main ingredients of cake oil.

According to statistics from relevant departments, only 10% of domestic processed food standards adopt the International Codex Alimentarius Commission standards, and only 40% of the Food Technical Committee standards adopt the International Organization for Standardization. At the same time, 80% of national standards are non-mandatory recommendation standards and the monitoring efforts are not very strong.

In response to the current phenomenon of many and repeated standards, relevant departments have stated that they will integrate standards to optimize the standard structure, and will also undertake the revision of five international standards for canned products such as tomato, peach, mushroom, corned beef, and lunch meat, and formulate international standards such as green tea, soy sauce and vinegar, and study and revise special dietary food and dairy products standards, mainly including infant food standards, food standards for the elderly, and dairy products general rules.

Fan Wubing is positive about these government practices. He told his father Fan Heng, "It is better to have standards to follow than to have no standards to follow. There are detailed standards to follow, which is obviously more effective than to have ambiguity follow. In fact, this time, the incident also shows that some industries really need to make great efforts to rectify, just like many departments under the original planning system are no longer able to adapt to the needs of the new era. Those that should be merged must be merged, and those that should be added must be added, and power alternation is inevitable."
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