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In recent years, as imported goods continue to flood into the domestic market, imported pre-packaged foods such as chocolate, red wine and olive oil are no longer “thin customers” on the table, and imported “fresh goods” such as imported pasteurized milk and chilled aquatic products. It is increasingly becoming a "new darling." The reporter learned from the Jiangsu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau today that from January to August this year, the imported food at the Jiangsu port has reached 2.977 million tons, valued at 2.922 billion US dollars, up 86.4% year-on-year and 103.68% billion dollars. Among them, 181 batches of imported chilled aquatic products were accumulated, with a value of US$3.256 million, an increase of 155% and 121% respectively. It is no longer a luxury for Jiangsu people to buy more fresh imported food at the “home door”.
Imported chilled water products are inseparable from advanced "preservation" equipment. The freezer stored below -18 °C, the low temperature storage that meets the storage requirements of 0-4 °C, the constant temperature 15 °C constant temperature library for the preservation of high-grade wine and other products... The reporter today at the imported food safety centralized supervision area at the Suzhou Port At this time, there is a “strongest hardware” to satisfy all kinds of food storage, and various facilities and equipment in the sensory inspection room are also available on-site. According to Director Xiong Yongjun of the Food Safety Supervision Department of Suzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, an advanced video surveillance and information system has been established in the supervision area to automatically control the inspection, storage and release of imported goods, and even set up special specialized imported meat. Robot automatic unloading inspection system.
In the regulatory area, the reporter saw that the staff was testing the imported fresh milk. “We started to supervise the source of each batch of Pap milk. The production line of each batch of products was immediately sampled and sent to the Australian dairy professional laboratory for testing. The goods began to be packed and went to Suzhou to import food safety centralized supervision area for inspection and quarantine. Throughout the whole process, the temperature is automatically recorded to ensure that the whole process is in the cold chain condition of 0-4 °C. According to Chen Jian, deputy director of the Food Safety Supervision Department of Suzhou Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, each batch of products must have foreign official certificates and enterprises. The inspection report and the port inspection and quarantine of the Chinese inspection and quarantine department, a series of strict "security inspection" from the source to the port is to let the domestic people drink "safe milk." Chen Jian gave the reporter an example. Fresh milk produced in Australia on September 21, 22nd airlift, No. 23 to Suzhou Industrial Park for inspection and quarantine, No. 25 has been sold in Suzhou, the fastest customs clearance time is controlled Within 4 days. It is reported that Australia's imports of Pap's fresh milk imported from Suzhou Port for the first time since its inception, has accumulated a total of 2,309.07 tons, 4,870,700 US dollars.
In addition to pasteurized milk, the variety of imported foods in Suzhou is increasing. Since the completion of the designated port for imported meat in Suzhou since the end of the year, it has imported 15,000 tons, valued at 31.43 million US dollars. Since August this year, the Basha fish imported from Vietnam has landed from the Suzhou port. Currently, 6 batches have been imported, worth US$330,000. . In addition, according to the reporter, some enterprises have applied for and will import chilled aquatic products such as salmon from Suzhou.
According to the relevant person in charge of Jiangsu Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the number and variety of aquatic products imported by the province also increased rapidly. From January to August this year, Jiangsu imported aquatic products of 24.78 million US dollars, an increase of 56.34%. In addition, the variety of imported aquatic products is also constantly enriched. In addition to the Basha fish in Suzhou, there are also white shrimps imported from Zhenjiang Port, dried sea cucumbers imported from Wuxi Port, and king crabs and snow crabs imported from Taicang Port. The origin of imported aquatic products mainly includes Pakistan, Chile, Peru, Vietnam, the United Kingdom, Ecuador and other countries or regions.