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After Wuchang rice was exposed to be adulterated with "flavor", the reporter visited some wholesale markets and supermarkets in the city in the past two days and found that even if the "flavor rice" was not exposed, , Beijing's rice market also feels chaotic, with various concepts flying all over the place. Ordinary grains are given various functions, but no one supervises them. Rice, the most common and familiar consumer product in every household, makes people feel strange and even scary in the face of many strange phenomena.
Name
Various names
At the Dongjiao Market on Dawang Road, Lin Yanmei, holding a reusable bag, first asked the stall owner if there was anything wrong. Wuchang "Daohuaxiang" rice, she was slightly relieved after receiving a negative answer from the stall owner. However, she was faced with colorful rice bags with various names such as "fragrant rice", "tribute rice", "ecological rice" and "selenium-rich rice" marked on them.
Aunt Lin came to Beijing from her hometown because her daughter-in-law was pregnant. Her hometown was in the northwest, and she had mainly eaten pasta before. She was not good at rice. “I knew that rice was divided into northeastern and northeastern regions. Rice from the Northeast is more delicious and more expensive than rice from the South. My daughter-in-law is from Zhejiang and doesn’t like noodles. She specifically told me not to buy fragrant rice from Wuchang before she came out. I didn’t expect there to be so much in the market in Beijing. There are many kinds of rice, and they are all Northeastern rice, and there is no Southern rice at all, so I'd better call my daughter-in-law to ask first. Pregnant women are always tricky, so as not to buy the wrong rice and no one will eat it. "Aunt Lin didn't expect. The first time I went out to buy rice in Beijing, I encountered a problem and had to write a paper for myself.
In fact, there are many people who feel the same as her, and Qin Ling is one of them. She told reporters: "I am most afraid of buying rice in wholesale markets like Dongjiao. Buying rice in supermarkets is actually easier. You just need to find the ones on sale. Usually the products on sale should be more cost-effective. And when you go to the wholesale market, choose There is so much room for rice. If you look at the production areas, there are Wuchang, Panjin, Fangzheng, Meihekou, Xinmin, Jiansanjiang, etc. The prices range from two yuan to six yuan. To be honest, I can’t help but look at these rice. The packaging bags are different, and I really can’t tell the difference with my naked eyes.” In the end, Qin Ling chose the “Green Grassland” brand long-grain fragrant rice at the price of two yuan and sixty pounds on the recommendation of the stall owner.
So is there a recognized and authoritative classification name and standard for rice? Tang Wei, secretary-general of the Rice Branch of the China Grain Industry Association, told reporters that according to the "National Rice Standard" implemented last year, rice is divided into three categories: indica (xiān) rice, japonica (jīng) rice and glutinous rice. Among them, indica rice It is what people usually call southern rice, and japonica rice is the most common northeastern rice in Beijing. In fact, there is not much difference in nutrition between these different types of rice, but in terms of taste, japonica rice is much better. In the past, Beijingers ate more rice from the south. Since there was less rice from the northeast, most of it was made from rice. Come to cook porridge, but now the situation is just the opposite. Northeast rice has become the main rice for Beijingers. Tang Wei said, "Fragrant rice, tribute rice, selenium-rich rice, and pearl rice are all named by producers based on the rice's appearance, characteristics, processing technology, and marketing needs. They are trade names, not names prescribed by the state." Although this The explanation is easy to understand, but the difference between the slightly unfamiliar national standard name and the common name still leaves consumers a little confused.
Quality
Old rice is polished and mixed with new rice
Speaking of the "flavored rice" incident in Xi'an, I have been selling grain and oil at a stall in the eastern suburbs market for many years. Lao Zhao looked helpless, "Those black sheep have affected all of us law-abiding vendors. Now many customers come and ask first if the Wuchang rice is fragrant, and then when buying other rice, they half-jokingly ask me if I don't add any flavor?" As a result, we sometimes don’t know whether to deny it seriously or make a joke. Fortunately, many of my customers buy goods from me all year round. Some restaurants and canteens buy three to five bags or seven to eight bags. They know me. If you can't run away, you won't be selling rice that's too bad, otherwise you won't be able to eat it." When the reporter asked if there was really a phenomenon of shoddy rice, Lao Zhao nodded, "Those vendors in the morning market. There are indeed people who do this, but those of us who focus on wholesale rely on repeat customers and really don’t dare to mess around.”
Under the introduction of Lao Zhao, the reporter contacted his fellow villager Xiao Xu.
Xiao Xu sells grain and oil at a morning market in Haidian. He told reporters that the morning market where he was was very competitive. Rice priced at one pound and eighty kilograms was still too expensive for many people. In addition, some people from nearby construction sites came to purchase rice for "migrant workers' meals," but they only valued the price and not the quality. . In order to reduce costs and seize the market, Xiao Xu started selling old rice mixed with new rice the year before last, and the price dropped to less than 1.5 yuan. Unexpectedly, he was not discovered. "Those who buy the cheapest rice usually don't care about the taste." "My rice has not spoiled, so I am not afraid of being discovered."
Xiao Xu told reporters that he is quite conscientious and mainly uses new rice mixed with a small amount of old rice. Some wholesale market vendors. Simply polish the old rice and sell it as new rice, and those people will make money faster. He pointed to a bag marked "××Northeast Rice" on the stall and told reporters that many people recognize the luster of this rice, and the polished old rice caters to the buyer's psychology, "Ordinary people like you" Buyers can't tell at all, but this kind of refurbished old rice must be eaten as soon as possible. If it is left at home for too long, it will easily go bad. "
As for those in the wholesale market. Xiao Xu said he didn’t know where the Chen Mi was polished. However, he has heard from experts about the processing process: first, humidify the old rice to remove dust on the surface. If there is any musty smell, it will be initially removed. Then, through forced exhaust with an exhaust fan, the musty smell will be basically removed; then, through polishing and color selection. When polishing, some factories use water, while others use vegetable oil to make the appearance of the rice grains whiter and brighter. The color sorter can remove obvious yellow grains in the rice and improve the appearance of the rice.
How to discover the refurbishment of old rice? Song Danpi, secretary-general of the China Grain Industry Association, has a suggestion for consumers: First, try to buy rice from regular supermarkets and food stores instead of small vendors; secondly, no matter where you buy rice, try to choose well-known companies and companies. Branded rice; in addition, consumers should not blindly pursue fineness when eating rice. Eating some brown rice in moderation is good for health, but they should be extra vigilant about rice that is too bright.
Special functions
All cannot be verified
At a morning market on Xingfu Street in Chongwen District, Aunt Xing dragged her trolley shopping cart out with difficulty , in the car was 15 kilograms of selenium-rich rice produced in Yanshou County, Heilongjiang Province. She was usually very frugal and did not hesitate to buy it at a price of 2.6 yuan per kilogram higher than the market price. She said: "It has been broadcast on the radio that after the human body absorbs selenium, it can improve the body's immunity, resist aging, prevent cardiovascular disease, protect visual organs, and has good anti-cancer effects. My wife has high blood pressure, and I heard others say It’s good to eat this kind of rice, you have to try it.” The old man mentioned a lot of advantages in one breath, but when the reporter asked how to know that this rice contains selenium? Aunt Xing, who looked excited just now, was speechless for a moment, and the reporter couldn't bear to continue asking questions.
It is understood that selenium-rich rice refers to a type of rice with a selenium content of 0.1-0.3mg/kg. Eating 300-500g of this kind of rice can enable people to consume the daily selenium nutrition needed to satisfy the human body. Requirements for selenium. Lao Zhao, a stall owner who sells grain and oil in the Dongjiao Market, told reporters that at present, many selenium-rich rice are only reflected on the packaging. "Only a ghost knows" whether it contains selenium. According to him, even if consumers are lucky enough to buy rice that does contain selenium, 90% of it is obtained by fertilizing outside the roots. In fact, rice grown from selenium-rich soil is truly rich in selenium. Selenium rice, and such rice is difficult to buy in the market.
Like selenium-enriched rice, how to verify special varieties of rice such as bamboo-flavored rice, wash-free rice, polished rice, and fortified rice has become another unsolved problem. What confuses consumers even more is that the prices of selenium-rich rice, also called selenium-rich rice, vary widely, ranging from a few yuan to dozens of yuan per kilogram. Some selenium-rich rice has no explanation other than its name, while other brands of selenium-rich rice are listed on the market. The exquisite packaging box lists the selenium content in the rice, but it lacks certification from an authoritative department. So, since Li Kui couldn't prove himself, Li Gui became even more unscrupulous.
If the rice market has been in such chaos for a long time, something will go wrong sooner or later. The Wuchang rice flavor incident is just the tip of the iceberg.
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Ninety percent of "Thai fragrant rice" is fake
The Wuchang rice fraud has been exposed, and the citizens are worried. The reporter then visited some supermarkets and found that Thai fragrant rice had also been exposed as fake. In some of the rice processing factories exposed by CCTV, a Thai fragrant rice flavor was found.
Previously, Hu Lili, director of the Commercial Section of the Thai Consulate General in Guangzhou, told the media: "More than 90% of Thai fragrant rice packaged in China is fake Thai fragrant rice."
Industry insiders admit that Thai fragrant rice is an internationally registered trademark and can only be "authentic" if grown in the country of origin in Thailand. However, many people on the market currently use Jiangxi "923" rice with a similar appearance as fake rice. According to industry insiders, there are currently three main ways to "inject water" into Thai fragrant rice on the market: one is to fake it during the packaging process; the other is to use domestic long-grain rice to directly pass it off as Thai fragrant rice; and the worst The method is to directly fake it, spraying food essence on the white rice to make the white rice exude a rich fragrance and pass it off as fragrant rice.
According to reports, Jiangxi’s “923” rice is very similar in appearance to Thai fragrant rice, and the price of very good quality rice is only 1.9 yuan/jin, but it is widely sold as “Thai fragrant rice”. 3.5-3.8 yuan/jin. The cost price of authentic Thai fragrant rice is RMB 3.85 per catty, and the price in the Chinese market is more than RMB 5 per catty. Prices lower than this are definitely shoddy. Reporter Yang Bin
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