Going out to eat, are you used to using disinfection chopsticks in the restaurant or disposable chopsticks? why?
Recently, the reporter of Sanqin Metropolis Daily made a small investigation on this issue. Many people think that disposable chopsticks have not been unsealed, have not been used, should be cleaner and more assured. But do you know that these disposable chopsticks actually have a shelf life, and Zeng Mingwen of our province prohibits the catering industry from providing disposable chopsticks? Some doctors also told reporters that long-term use of some unqualified disposable chopsticks will cause great harm to human health.
There are no disposable chopsticks in the restaurant.
A few days ago, when the reporter was eating at a small restaurant on Jian'an Road in Xi'an, he accidentally witnessed a small dispute caused by disposable chopsticks.
Four young men and women in their early 20s came to the side of the meal, took the disinfection chopsticks off the bowl and set aside a pair of chopsticks. The store said that they did not have a home. It is recommended that several young people "will use it" to use disinfection chopsticks and ensure that "the chopsticks are strictly disinfected according to the procedure and are absolutely clean." One of the girls was a little unhappy when they heard this. They said that they were the first time to see a store that did not provide disposable chopsticks. If they knew it, they would not eat it. At the end of the day, I added the phrase "so a small shop will close sooner or later." This suddenly caused the boss's unhappiness. "On this chopstick, you love to eat or not." As he said, the boss rushed to remove the girl's meal, and finally was pulled out of the store by the boss, only to avoid a bigger one. Dispute.
The reporter then talked with the girl and asked her why she insisted on asking for a disposable chopstick. The girl said that those disinfecting chopsticks were used repeatedly, and a large number of them were placed in the disinfection cabinet. And health is her own, she is responsible for her health.
Most small restaurants have spare disposable chopsticks
This answer made the reporter unable to detect that I did not know from when people always habitually think that disposable chopsticks should be cleaner. To verify this conjecture, the reporter then conducted a small survey of 20 citizens of different ages and asked them about their views on disinfecting chopsticks and disposable chopsticks. Sure enough, more than 70% of people feel that disposable chopsticks are more reassuring.
Ms. Citizen is an assistant in a business company in Gaoxin District. She said that as long as she is eating out, she must use disposable chopsticks. When talking about the reasons, she said, "I always think that the chopsticks used by others are not clean, and the shops outside don't know if they can disinfect them properly, so I feel that I can still worry about disposable chopsticks."
In the past few days, the reporter also visited a number of snack streets in Xi'an. In the process, I saw that although many food and beverage outlets provide chopsticks for repeated use, many customers will take the initiative to ask for disposable chopsticks. This is especially evident in the night market, where a large number of used disposable chopsticks are scattered under the table.
However, some citizens said in an interview that if they provide disinfecting chopsticks in the store, they are willing to use these reusable chopsticks, but now many food and beverage stores only symbolically put chopsticks into the disinfection machine, the machine does not work at all. It can't be disinfected. Under the trade-off, only disposable chopsticks that look "cleaner" can be used.
Most citizens do not know that disposable chopsticks have a shelf life.
Are disposable chopsticks as clean as most people think? During the visit, the reporter found that the quality of disposable chopsticks on the market was uneven. Many chopsticks bags were not marked with the date of manufacture, and some even did not even have manufacturers.
As early as 2006, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine (AQSIQ) clearly stated in the Regulations for the Implementation of Food Packaging Containers and Tools, that the packaging date of the chopsticks should be clearly marked with the date of manufacture and the maximum quality of the disinfected disposable tableware. In the month, the relevant reminder that the warranty period can no longer be sold or used, in order to prevent the chopsticks from being stored for too long, produces mildew and harms the health of consumers.
During the interview, the reporter also asked some restaurant owners and customers about this regulation, but almost everyone said that they had never heard of disposable chopsticks and shelf life.
On August 23, the reporter went to a fried noodle shop in Jiandong Street. The owner Liu Shifu provided customers with one of the most common disposable chopsticks on the market. Each pair of chopsticks was individually packaged, but it was relatively simple chopsticks. The quality of work is also relatively simple and rough. Master Liu said that the chopsticks he bought had a small snake leather bag of more than 40 yuan, which was of medium grade.
"The next thing is the kind of flat wooden chopsticks that are not individually packaged. They are bundled in a snakeskin bag, which is cheaper. The quality of better packaging and chopsticks is higher than mine, but the price is also expensive.” Master Liu found some chopsticks from the neighboring restaurants for comparison, but the reporter saw that even the best disposable chopsticks in the mouth of Master Liu did not indicate the date of production on the bag.
I heard that the reporter said that disposable chopsticks also have a shelf life. Master Liu was surprised. "This is wood. As long as there is no mold, who will manage this for a few months." But he soon added, "The restaurant uses this thing." Fast, under normal circumstances will not expire." He said that although his shop also provides disinfection chopsticks, the demand for disposable chopsticks is still very large, basically, a snakeskin bag chopsticks used less than two months It is.
Disabling disposable chopsticks is not ideal
Although disposable chopsticks are “fast-moving products”, since there are regulations, the producers and sellers should be implemented according to the regulations. Nowadays, such as disposable chopsticks with no production date are flooding the market. What does the relevant management department say? On August 23, a staff member of the Food and Drug Administration of Xi'an, who asked not to be named, told reporters that this is not just a question of shelf life. The province has long stipulated that the restaurant industry is prohibited from providing disposable chopsticks. “That is to say, disposable chopsticks should be completely banned. But this ban is the same as the ‘plastic limit order’ ‘smoking ban’. It is difficult to implement and the results are not satisfactory.”
In the "Regulations on the Promotion of Circular Economy in Shaanxi Province" provided by the staff, the reporter saw that Article 39 clearly stipulates that service enterprises such as restaurants, entertainment, hotels, etc. should use energy conservation, water conservation, material saving, and benefit. Products that protect the environment. Advocate for the hotel to reduce the provision of disposable supplies and prohibit the catering industry from providing disposable chopsticks.
According to the report, the regulations were officially implemented on December 1, 2011. However, there were no relevant administrative rules and specific penalties in the later period, and they were somewhat difficult to manage on a daily basis. In addition, although this ban is beneficial to the lives of citizens, the market demand is still very large, indicating that many people have not really understood the meaning of this ban. The staff hopes to promote through the media, everyone can start from their own and consciously abide by the ban.
Doctor: Disposable chopsticks are not hygienic
For the problem that disposable chopsticks are cleaner than disinfecting chopsticks, on August 24, the reporter of Sanqin Metropolis Daily interviewed Dr. Zhang from the occupational disease department of a hospital in the southern suburbs of Xi'an.
Dr. Zhang said that this depends first on whether disposable chopsticks are produced from regular manufacturers. If long-term use of disposable chopsticks produced by some small informal workshops can not only bring health to people but also cause harm to the body.
“Because these small workshops are not for good wood in order to pursue their interests, in order to make the appearance of chopsticks look good, they may use a large number of sulfur fumes, hydrogen peroxide or sodium sulfate to soak the bleaching. This will inevitably result once. The residual amount of sulfur dioxide on the chopsticks exceeds the standard, causing harm to the human body. "Dr. Zhang suggested that eating out, if conditions permit, it is best to bring your own chopsticks. If you feel that this is really inconvenient, you can choose the chopsticks after disinfection in the restaurant. The disinfection chopsticks should be safer than disposable chopsticks. If some restaurants do not have disinfection conditions, you can only use disposable chopsticks. You can use hot water to wash the surface of the chopsticks first, which can reduce the amount of sulfur dioxide and various harmful bacteria on the surface to a certain extent.
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