Cctv news(Reporter/Yang Wei Video/Yao Shuting): Recently, a mass food poisoning incident occurred in Linfen, Shanxi. After more than 400 guests finished eating at the wedding banquet, some people developed symptoms such as fever, diarrhea and vomiting, and finally hundreds of guests developed different degrees of food poisoning.
Yang Jun, deputy chief physician of the emergency department of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, said that, simply speaking, food poisoning refers to symptoms such as physical discomfort caused by eating toxic food. On the one hand, food may be contaminated by bacteria, on the other hand, food itself may be toxic, such as poisonous mushrooms or chemical residues on food.
In addition, Ma Yuchen, a partner lawyer of Tianjin Oriental Law Firm, said that if food poisoning occurs during the meal, producers and operators should bear corresponding legal responsibilities. In addition to claiming damages, consumers can also claim compensation of ten times the price or three times the loss from producers or operators. If there is a serious food poisoning accident, the relevant personnel should bear criminal responsibility.
News+reporter: What is food poisoning?
Yang Jun: Food safety has always been the focus of the country, including medical care. Food poisoning, in simple terms, refers to symptoms such as physical discomfort caused by eating toxic food. On the one hand, food may be contaminated by bacteria, or the food itself may be toxic, such as poisonous mushrooms or chemical residues on food.
Food poisoning has two characteristics: the first characteristic is that the onset is urgent; The second feature is that when there is a large-scale poisoning, many people will get sick, but it is often better to treat it in time.
Food poisoning may occur all year round, but relatively speaking, from July to September, the weather is humid and the temperature is high. In this environment, bacteria breed faster and there are more food poisoning incidents. From April to June and in winter, there are relatively few incidents of food poisoning.
"News+"reporter: What are the possible causes of food poisoning?
Yang Jun: There are many factors that cause food poisoning. The first is environmental factors, including the environment where food comes from, the environment where food is preserved, and even the environment where food is eaten. These environments may lead to a series of changes in the food eaten and cause poisoning. For example, eating in an empty space, surrounded by poultry, livestock, dust, etc., even if the food is handled cleanly, it may induce food poisoning.
Secondly, the types of food, including whether the food is contaminated, whether the ingredients themselves have problems, and whether the food has been treated during processing. For example, when cooking lentils, if they are not cooked, the toxicity of lentine may cause poisoning.
There are many factors causing food poisoning, which should be analyzed in detail, but the most important thing is prevention.
"News+"reporter: What should I do after food poisoning?
Yang Jun: If it is personal food poisoning with mild symptoms, such as simple stomachache, diarrhea and vomiting, you can drink a little light salt water and eat a little liquid food to rest your stomach. If food pollution is caused by some bacteria, you can take some antibiotics, such as penicillin and cephalosporin, or take some quinolones, and then take some antidiarrheal drugs and drugs to improve clinical symptoms. The symptoms can be alleviated in about two or three days. If the symptoms are severe, diarrhea and vomiting are severe, and there are symptoms of dehydration, you need to go to the hospital for treatment.
If there is a case of collective food poisoning, it needs to be reported at the first time. For example, if there are more than three cases of suspected collective food poisoning in the hospital, it should be reported to the relevant departments within two hours, and the relevant departments will trace the source of the food poisoning and conduct corresponding investigations.
In case of collective food poisoning, we must keep the evidence in time, on the other hand, we must report it to the relevant departments and call the police in time.
News+reporter: How to prevent food poisoning?
Yang Jun: From some of our experiences, it is most important to pay attention to personal hygiene, including cleaning tableware when eating, which is one of the most effective ways to prevent food poisoning caused by bacterial infection.
Secondly, because of temperature, humidity and other reasons, food is easy to rot quickly, which may breed a large number of bacteria. Even after high temperature treatment, there may still be residues.
Therefore, try not to touch unclean ingredients, special ingredients, or ingredients that are poorly preserved and kept for too long, so as to protect yourself to the maximum extent. It is also wrong to think that food will not go bad if it is put in the freezer or freezer. In the frozen and refrigerated environment, bacteria will grow slowly, but they will still grow. Therefore, when food has been placed in the refrigerator for a long time, it is also recommended to eat it carefully, or eat it after deep processing.
Some river fresh and seafood, if the environment in which they live or store has been polluted, for example, the water source is not flowing water, or some bacteria in the water pollute the river fresh and seafood, it may also lead to food poisoning.
In addition, don’t eat mushrooms or unknown things easily. Poisoning by poisonous mushrooms and bacteria often occurs in the wild and outdoors.
"News+"reporter: Who should bear the liability for compensation for food poisoning caused by eating out?
Ma Yuchen: In the process of eating, if there is food poisoning, the producers and operators should bear the corresponding legal responsibilities. Producers, that is, food suppliers and operators, should bear corresponding legal responsibilities according to the relevant provisions of Article 148 of China’s Food Safety Law. In addition to claiming damages, consumers can also claim compensation of ten times the price or three times the loss from producers or operators.
In addition, according to the relevant provisions of Article 143 of the Criminal Law, those who produce or sell food that does not meet food safety standards and cause serious food poisoning accidents shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also be fined. Those who cause serious harm to human health or have other serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and those with especially serious consequences shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than seven years or life imprisonment.