Instructions for choosing safe foods for Tet

In order to meet the needs of the market, in addition to increasing production, business, and import of food, some entities have taken advantage of it to produce and trade fake, counterfeit, and inferior foods. quality, goods of unknown origin, potential risk of food poisoning for consumers. So how can consumers have a complete Tet holiday with food safety and hygiene? Some notes below will help "housewives" choose safe foods for Tet.

For fresh food

You should buy from familiar, reputable, clean stores. With meat, choose the type with the characteristic fresh color of each type of livestock and poultry; The meat has elasticity, the grain is smooth and shiny, the cut has a normal color, and is dry. Do not choose meat that has a strange smell, a rancid smell or the smell of antibiotics.

With fish and seafood, it is best to choose live fish and seafood, or at least preserved in ice. Fresh fish must have a closed mouth, a firm and elastic body, and not leave finger marks on the fish flesh. The scales cling tightly to the fish's body, and the gills must be pink. Distinguish between natural fishy odors and fishy odors caused by decomposed, spoiled, and rotten seafood.

For live chickens, choose sharp eyes, red combs, shiny feathers, and tight breasts. Avoid buying chickens with ruffled feathers, drooling, purple combs, lethargic eyes or closed eyes as if sleepy, wet or white anus.

Choose vegetables and fruits that are fresh, have natural colors, have whole stems, are not crushed or withered... Do not buy vegetables and fruits that are out of season, vegetables that are too young, too fat, or fruits that are too beautiful in color because easy to contain stimulants and preservatives. Do not buy sprouted tubers, especially sprouted potatoes are very toxic.

Instructions for choosing safe foods for Tet

For traditional processed foods

You should choose to buy products from reputable and safe sources; have production date, usage time, preservation and processing methods and main ingredients in the food... avoid buying food that uses too many additives that affect the user's health. Processed foods are often the preferred choice during Tet because of their convenience. Prepared foods used during many Tet holidays include sausages, spring rolls, spring rolls, banh chung, dried beef, ham,...

For confectionery and nuts

These are foods that are not often used during the year, but every family has them every time Tet comes. However, consumers need to pay attention to choosing confectionery from reputable brands, with clear origins and expiration dates, to avoid buying fake designs and brands... Be especially careful with cakes, Jams, candies, and floating soft drinks are colorful and eye-catching because they are often dyed with chemical dyes, which pose a very high risk of poisoning for users.

With seeds such as beans, peanuts, melon seeds, pumpkin seeds, and sunflower seeds, be careful not to buy moldy ones because they contain toxins and fungi that are dangerous to the user's health.

Instructions for choosing safe foods for Tet

How to trace the origin of food before buying

At large, reputable supermarkets, most food items have traceability stamps. Origin traceability stamps are stamps that contain information about food and goods from production, processing to distribution and consumption. That information is encoded as a barcode or Qrcode, and shoppers can check this information by installing barcode scanning software on their smartphone or tablet to check before purchasing. buy.

For foods that are pre-packaged and do not have traceability stamps, you also need to choose products with labels with enough information: product name; structural components; product quantification; date of manufacture; shelf life and storage instructions; User manual; name and address of the organization or individual responsible for the product; origin; Safety recommendations and warnings (if any)...

Only choose foods that are still within their expiration date and the packaging must be intact; Do not choose canned products that are bulging or leaking, deformed due to impact, cans with rust, cans that have a foul smell or strange smell different from the product's characteristic smell even if they are still within the expiration date when opened.

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