Editor : Ji Xiang
Publisher : China News Network
Translation, editing : Gan Yung Chyan
/ KUCINTA SETIA
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According to the website of the National Health Commission of the People's Republic of China, the State Council's Joint Prevention and Control Mechanism for the New Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic has issued the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic of Meat Processing Enterprises" (hereinafter referred to as the "Guide"). The “Guide” clarifies that the source control of poultry and livestock meat must be done well. In addition to ticket requests and purchase inspection records, imported livestock and poultry meat products should have a “nucleic acid test certificate” before they can enter the factory for production.
Recently, meat processing companies in Germany, the United Kingdom, and other European and American countries have experienced clusters of novel coronavirus pneumonia (hereinafter referred to as "covid"). Workplaces such as slaughter, segmentation, storage, and packaging are mostly staff-intensive low-temperature closed environments, which pose a greater risk of virus transmission.
In order to scientifically guide meat processing enterprises to prevent and control covid, and to improve the awareness and ability of prevention and control of meat processing enterprises in a targeted manner, the State Council will respond to covid through The Comprehensive Group of Joint Prevention and Control Mechanisms for the Pneumonia Epidemic issuing the "Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic of Meat Processing Enterprises".
The "Guide" proposes specific measures to further strengthen the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in meat processing enterprises from five aspects.
Firstly, in terms of organizational guarantees and systems, it is necessary to strengthen organizational leadership, implement main responsibilities, and do a good job in guaranteeing epidemic prevention and control materials.
Secondly, in terms of personnel management and control, it is necessary to establish a health card system for employees on duty, strengthen the daily health monitoring of employees and the registration and management of external personnel, and at the same time promote prevention and control knowledge and strengthen self-protection awareness.
Thirdly, control the source of poultry and livestock meat in key links and key locations, strengthen ventilation, and implement various key locations such as breeding workshops, slaughter workshops, meat cutting workshops, packaging workshops, cold storage, and laboratories. Items of protective measures require that the prevention and control of public areas such as meeting rooms, restaurants, and dormitories should be done well. Regular nucleic acid monitoring of environmental samples should be carried out.
The "Guide" clarifies that meat processing enterprises should keep track of the source of poultry and livestock meat, "self-inspection", "inspection" and "storage", establish and improve a full traceability mechanism, and strictly prohibit processing that does not comply with animal quarantine regulations or Livestock and poultry meat that does not meet food safety standards. In addition to ticket requests and purchase inspection records, imported livestock and poultry meat products must have a "nucleic acid test certificate" before they can be produced in the factory. Do a good job in the cleaning and disinfection of livestock and poultry meat food transshipment storage areas, transportation tools, cargo outer packaging and other related supplies and utensils.
Fourthly, in terms of personal protection, personal protective equipment should be allocated to the job requirements of inspection and quarantine personnel, staff in waiting areas, slaughter staff, division processing staff, by-product handlers, low temperature environment staff, and peripheral staff.
Fifthly, in terms of handling and reporting abnormal situations, employees who have positive nucleic acid test samples and abnormal situations should take emergency measures in time.
The "Guide" requires that, once a case is found, an enterprise must implement prevention and control measures such as internal non-proliferation and external output prevention and control, and cooperate with relevant departments in carrying out epidemiological investigations, tracking and management of close contacts, and disinfection of epidemic sites, and work on employees' sampling and nucleic acid testing of poultry meat in the workplace and its processed poultry meat. According to the severity of the epidemic, the workplace will be temporarily closed and production will be resumed after the epidemic is controlled.
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