Is food in the supermarket free to taste health?

Bread, cakes, fruits, drinks, milk, instant noodles, snack foods and other foods are tasted in the supermarket for free. It has long been commonplace. Today, this has become an important promotional tool for businesses. However, what is the management and service of free tasting in supermarkets and is food hygiene reassuring?

The reporter visited several large-scale supermarkets in our district and contacted the administrative department for industry and commerce of the competent department of food circulation supervision to bring the readers together to see the health and safety of the supermarkets tasting food for free.

Promoters need to be "armed"

Recently, the reporter walked into a large supermarket in our district and observed the entire process of a promoter from preparing to greeting customers for a free tasting of milk in the elevator milk district. She first brought in a bag of disposable cups, then put on masks and disposable gloves, and put disposable cups on the trays, warmly greeting customers for free tasting. If a customer tastes, pour the milk into a disposable cup and hand it to the customer.

There are special promoters in the milk area, but not far away, the reporter also saw no promotional activities tasting frame. When the reporter came to the supermarket, there was a grapefruit that was undergoing a free tasting promotion. The grapefruit was cut into small pieces and placed in a crisper with a dust cover. There was a box of toothpicks on one side of the crisper and a small trash bin on the other. The reporter stood on the side of the event tasting stand for 10 minutes and saw that most customers would take a toothpick to take the grapefruit, and then put the used toothpick in the trash. However, the reporter also saw a child who was not taken care of by adults and opened the crisper directly to eat grapefruit directly with his hands.

The reporter then interviewed several large supermarkets in the district and learned that most of the free tastings in our district are greeted by promoters. Each promoter is required to wear masks and disposable gloves. On the one hand, the promoters can explain the related matters of food, and on the other hand, they can guide the customers in an orderly manner. Usually, if manufacturers need to promote products, manufacturers will send promoters. If the supermarket is engaged in tasting activities, some supermarkets will switch to unattended event tasting because of insufficient personnel. The supermarket party said that it would put the activity tasting rack within sight of the staff in the relevant area and try to avoid unsanitary tasting.

Free tasting, customers quite buy it

In fact, free tasting of supermarkets is still popular with customers. According to a relevant person in charge of a supermarket, a commodity is cut out and is usually tasted by customers within an hour. So, as consumers, have you considered the safety of free tasting foods in supermarkets? The reporter then interviewed several customers. They all expressed that they were quite relieved about the hygiene conditions of supermarket free tasting food.

Sun Huayi, who lives in a university residential area, is 61 years old this year. She told reporters: "If I intend to buy this food, I will choose to taste. As for safety issues, I do not worry, such as fruit, I see the supermarket are basically It is ready to peel off, and it will be fastened with a crisper and covered with a dust cover."

Miss Qian is a “fashionista,” and she tells herself that she sometimes tastes when she freely eats food at the supermarket. As for security issues, Miss Qian also said that she did not worry about this issue. “Promotional staffs wear masks and disposable gloves. Blocky foods have toothpicks. Liquid foods have disposable cups. I am more at ease.”

Supermarket: Free tasting foods must be fresh

Supermarkets offer free tastings for foods. Their purpose is to promote products. Therefore, when reporters asked whether there would be stale foods, the relevant responsible persons of several supermarkets had told reporters that free tasting was nothing more than to promote the products and customers would eat them well before buying them again. The products that come out are the freshest.

Mr. Chen, a person in charge of a supermarket food department, said: “A typical product can be eaten within one hour after processing. If it cannot be finished, we will replace it after 2-3 hours. Any free tasting product guarantee will not It's the next day."

Another customer service manager of the supermarket, Miss Hu, said: “We have also invited a special health inspection agency to conduct an unannounced inspection of the free tasting of supermarkets in accordance with international health standards. The main inspection is whether the gloves and masks of the promoters are worn. Whether the clothing is dressed as required, as well as the hygiene condition of the free tasting table and whether the food's bacteria exceed the standard."

Because it is food tasting, the supermarket said that both the promoters of the manufacturers or the promoters of the supermarket itself hold "health certificates."

Industry and commerce authorities regulate free tasting food quality

Free tasting of goods is a means for merchants to promote their products. The administrative department for industry and commerce as the supervisory authority of the circulation sector has also strengthened the supervision of free tasting products. Du Shuxing, Director of the Consumer Protection Division of the Industrial and Commercial Department, believes that consumers may think that the quality of free tasting products cannot be guaranteed. This is not the case.

It is reported that the industrial and commercial departments supervise the pre-packaging and bulk packaging of supermarket foods. If you use cutting, cutting and other means of processing, are bulk food packaging. Therefore, whether it is the pre-packaged food tasting of small packages, or the taste of bulk foods cut into small pieces, it has been supervised. The industry and commerce department requested that merchants request confirmation from the manufacturers and strictly control the purchase.

Du Shuxing said: “The food safety law clearly stipulates that both prepackaged and bulk-packaged foods have storage conditions, such as placing a certain temperature, preventing direct sunlight, etc. Cutting processed foods exposed in the air, as long as it meets the bulk food Storage conditions, there is no other improper operation, is in line with food safety standards, will not produce pollution." For businesses, business and industry departments require a correct understanding of free tasting foods, whether it is on-site tasting, or giving food, the quality must be the same as sales of goods.