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Health cops probe tons of rotting pigs heads at Chongqing dump
CHINA's office of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) in Chongqing has been investigating the source of 27 tonnes of "thawed and rotting pigs" heads once valued at US$40,200, according to Global Meat News, of Crawley, south of London's Gatwick Airport.
The pigs heads, in boxes stacked in a shipping container, were labelled from Denmark, and were discovered rotting in a dump of the outskirts of one of China's biggest cities.
AQSIQ and police officers were filmed on local TV news wearing masks as they sifted through boxes at the Sei Shizi municipal dump outside the city of 20 million people.
The meat rotted because the container was not refrigerated according to a statement to media from the AQSIQ, which stressed "grave food risks" involved.
It also pointed out that the AQSIQ rules under the Inspection and Quarantine Management Book require that the consignee of the goods must destroy them under the official AQSI structure.
"Also domestic Chinese consignees or buyers will have their legal rights protected and can seek compensation from the providers or transporter of the goods," said local media.
Exporters of perishable product have frequently raised concerns about the patchy quality of the China's cold chain network, with poor handling of imported carcases of attributed to a lack of knowledge.
In many cases carcases are transported on trucks lacking refrigeration and stored in unsuitable warehouses. International logistics firms like Hong Kong-based Swire offer cold chain services around the country, but the size of the country and a threadbare network of cold warehouse storage means there is much to be done, said the Global Meat News report.
The pigs heads, in boxes stacked in a shipping container, were labelled from Denmark, and were discovered rotting in a dump of the outskirts of one of China's biggest cities.
AQSIQ and police officers were filmed on local TV news wearing masks as they sifted through boxes at the Sei Shizi municipal dump outside the city of 20 million people.
The meat rotted because the container was not refrigerated according to a statement to media from the AQSIQ, which stressed "grave food risks" involved.
It also pointed out that the AQSIQ rules under the Inspection and Quarantine Management Book require that the consignee of the goods must destroy them under the official AQSI structure.
"Also domestic Chinese consignees or buyers will have their legal rights protected and can seek compensation from the providers or transporter of the goods," said local media.
Exporters of perishable product have frequently raised concerns about the patchy quality of the China's cold chain network, with poor handling of imported carcases of attributed to a lack of knowledge.
In many cases carcases are transported on trucks lacking refrigeration and stored in unsuitable warehouses. International logistics firms like Hong Kong-based Swire offer cold chain services around the country, but the size of the country and a threadbare network of cold warehouse storage means there is much to be done, said the Global Meat News report.
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