The hottest little jelly is refitted into a big ba

Small jelly is refitted to play the edge ball

"small jelly" leads to frequent asphyxiation and death of children, prompting the introduction of compulsory national standards for jelly. From October 1 this year, the "small jelly" that did not meet the new standards was ordered to be delisted. However, in the recent special national supervision and random inspection organized by the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine, "small jelly" was detected again

the "small jelly" that was forcibly delisted from October 1 was detected again in the recent special national supervision and random inspection hosted by the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and quarantine. The "Eagle" pulp jelly (15g/cup) produced by Beijing xilaibao Food Co., Ltd. on July 17 was blacklisted because its diameter was too small, which was easy to cause suffocation, and the sodium cyclamate exceeded the requirements of the national standard. The spot check involved 32 kinds of products produced by 18 enterprises in 6 provinces and municipalities directly under the central government, including Beijing, Shanghai, Tianjin, Jiangsu, Fujian and Guangdong. The qualified rate of product sampling was 81.3%. The spot check items mainly include labels, the maximum size of cups, saccharin sodium content, sodium cyclamate, so take the foam granulator as an example, whether it should be supplied or not. Beijing Campbell Food Co., Ltd. raw plastic granulator is also a major energy consumer in China. Two varieties of madajie coconut jelly and yipinzhiguo, both of which have been detected to exceed the standard of sodium cyclamate

from May 1 this year, the compulsory national standard GB for jelly was officially implemented. According to the regulations, the net content of jelly should be greater than or equal to 30g, the inner diameter of cup-shaped gel jelly or the maximum length of the inner side of cup-shaped jelly should be greater than or equal to 3.5cm, the length of long cup-shaped gel jelly and strip-shaped gel jelly contents should be greater than or equal to 6cm, and the net content of special-shaped gel jelly should be greater than or equal to 30g. Gel jelly shall be marked with safety warnings and eating methods at eye-catching positions of the package and the smallest edible package, and the text height shall not be less than 3mm. The regulation also requires that all small jellies that enter the market must be fully withdrawn from the market before October 1. This is the first time that the size of jelly has been restricted in China. The main purpose is to eliminate the potential safety hazard that jelly is easy to cause suffocation of children

after the introduction of the compulsory national standard for jelly, most enterprises changed their packaging according to the specified time to adapt to the new national standard. In many supermarkets, we can see that there are a wide range of jelly products, "Xizhilang", "golden monkey", "crayon Xiaoxin", "Crystal Love", "kiss", "Xu Fuji" and other brands. There are not only large cup-shaped packages of more than 120 grams, but also various strip-shaped jellies and special-shaped jellies made into fruit, corn and other shapes. The length of long cup-shaped and strip-shaped jellies is also more than 6 cm. A shopping guide in the jelly area told that some brands had launched new products that met the requirements last year, and some had the same net weight, but the diameter increased; Some did not change their shape, but increased their weight. It was found that in addition to the jellies in bulk and in bags placed on supermarket shelves, there were also absorbable fruit flavored jellies that could be inserted into straws, as well as some canned jellies and small bags made of candy. According to reports, the volume of these jellies is "fatter" than before, and the net content is mostly more than 30 grams, including large cup-shaped packaging of more than 200 grams

however, changing the packaging will inevitably lead to the reconfiguration and deployment of equipment, and the cost will increase accordingly. This makes some enterprises try to take advantage of the gap of the national standard. Although the packaging has been changed, it still plays a role in the modularization function of the net A. test standard: it provides users with the ability to set the required test content and volume, and makes the jelly into a big mouth and small bottom to meet the standard. "Small jelly" is still mixed in the market. The maximum length of the inside of the "Eagle" pulp jelly produced by Beijing xilaibao Food Co., Ltd. exposed this time is only 2.92 cm, which is far from the standard of 3.5 cm or more

it is found that this phenomenon is not uncommon in some supermarkets and convenience stores. At present, some jelly products are packaged in a conical shape of "large above and small below". The diameter of the surface of the cup mouth looks more than 3.5 cm, but the middle part of the cup body to the bottom of the cup is much smaller, some are 1.5 cm, even lower than this scale. A small size of Yoshihiro jelly in bags, each bag contains 6 jellies, and the net content of each jelly is only 15 grams. This kind of jelly obviously does not meet the requirements of the new national standard for the net content of jelly. In other supermarkets, such small jelly was also found on sale. Most of these small jellies are designed in the shape of "big mouth and small bottom". After measuring with a ruler, it was found that the inner diameter of these jelly cups was mostly between 3.8-4 cm, but the inner diameter of the cup bottom was only 2.5 cm. There is also a golden monkey banana flavored Jelly, which is designed as a trapezoidal cup packaging. Although the inner diameter of the 9 cm long jelly is 3.7 cm, the inner diameter of the bottom of the cup is only about 1.2 cm. Subsequently, several jellies with different shapes were measured. The inner diameter of the cup mouth can reach the 3.5cm required by the national standard, but the inner diameter of the bottom is far from this standard. Most of the measurement results are between 1.8-2.8 cm. In addition, the national standard stipulates that gel jelly should be marked with safety warnings and eating methods on the eye-catching position of the package and the smallest edible package, and the text height of colleges, universities and scientific research institutions should not be less than 3 mm. However, on the outer package of a pro Sydney pulp jelly with a net content of 200 grams, I didn't see the warning at first. After careful inspection, I found a line of small words at the bottom of the right side of the ingredients list - "note: Please chew carefully when children and the elderly eat it."

"little jelly" causes children to suffocate and die frequently, which leads to the introduction of the compulsory national standard of jelly. However, some businesses and consumers are unaware of the introduction of the standard. When asked whether the salesperson of a supermarket knew that the jelly had implemented the mandatory standard, he looked very confused, and said that he had only heard of the choking of small jelly, but he had not heard of the introduction of the mandatory national standard for jelly, let alone the sale of "small jelly". The salesperson said that the bulk price of "little jelly" is generally between 67 yuan and more than 10 yuan a kilogram. Because of its low price, it is very popular with consumers, especially children. In the interview, many consumers are also not clear about the mandatory standards of jelly, and some people even don't care about the potential safety hazards of jelly, thinking that as long as you pay attention when eating, there should be no danger

in this regard, experts from the General Administration of quality supervision, inspection and Quarantine said that the formulation of compulsory national standards for jelly is based on a large number of facts. Consumers, especially children, should not ignore the potential safety hazards of unqualified jelly products. For illegal enterprises, the relevant departments will strengthen law enforcement and crack down on such small jellies that play a "marginal ball". Once found, all small jellies that do not meet the national standards will be ordered off the shelf immediately

□ Liu Feng

reprinted from: consumption