The "foot-pickled vegetables" incident has not yet subsided, and the "mouth-peeled broad beans" incident has arisen again.

[4] Compiled from: Red Star News
 
Case review
[2] Recently, media reported that at a farm product processing workshop in Yuncun Village, Kunming, Yunnan, workers were directly shelling fava beans with their mouths.

 
 

[3] Even as market supervision staff arrived at the scene, the workers in the workshop remained unfazed, continuing to shell fava beans with their mouths. If not for the law enforcement officers' presence, these "saliva fava beans" would have been sent to wholesale markets.
 
[4] Facing the law enforcement officers, the boss argued that his business was too good, leading to jealousy and a report from competitors.
 
Looking at this exposed food processing workshop, there are numerous hygiene and safety issues. Not only can none of the workers or the person in charge present health certificates, but they even fail to meet basic hygiene requirements, with workers directly using their mouths to shell broad beans in a "processing method" that is truly shocking.

 
 

 
 
[1] Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China
Article 2
Food producers and traders shall engage in production and business activities in accordance with laws, regulations, and food safety standards, and shall be responsible to society and the public to ensure food safety.
 
Article 27
Food production and operation shall comply with food safety standards and meet the following requirements:
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(8) Food production and business personnel shall maintain personal hygiene. When producing and dealing in food, they shall wash their hands and wear clean work clothes and caps; when selling unpackaged ready-to-eat food, they shall use non-toxic and clean sales tools.
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[1] The author's perspective
In the Food Safety Law, in addition to requiring food production and business personnel to maintain personal hygiene, wash their hands, and wear clean work clothes and caps when producing and dealing in food, it also requires food producers and traders to establish and implement a health management system for employees. Food production and business personnel shall undergo annual health checks and obtain health certificates before starting work. The "saliva broad bean workshop" in this case clearly failed to meet any of these requirements. Judging from the attitude of the boss and workers toward law enforcement officers, they completely disregarded public food safety, lacking even the most basic awareness of food hygiene and safety, and even felt that as long as no one died from eating it, there was no big problem. However, if a problem does arise, who can bear the responsibility?
 
 
"Food is the first necessity of the people." There can be no ambiguity in food safety. The recent uproar over the "foot-stomped pickled vegetables" has not yet subsided, and now "mouth-shelled broad beans" have emerged. These increasingly shocking "processing methods" will only make the public more distrustful of food, ultimately leading to a lose-lose situation for both consumers and food producers and traders. On one hand, market regulatory authorities need to strengthen routine inspections and law enforcement, as well as publicize food safety laws; on the other hand, food producers and traders should actively participate in and learn from food safety and hygiene legal awareness campaigns, enhance their legal awareness, cultivate a sense of responsibility, and contribute to the healthy and long-term development of the food industry.