Dumplings of Sanquan Foods are sold at a shop in Shanghai. [Photo/VCG] The Sanquan Foods has sealed all batches suspected of being contaminated with African swine fever and is cooperating with official investigation. In a public notice released on Monday morning, the company referred to media reports saying that samples from three batches of its pork-filled dumplings had tested positive for the nucleic acid associated with African swine fever. The samples were collected in the Xiangxi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture in Hunan province and Jiuquan in Gansu province. The company immediately reached out to market regulators and sealed all affected batches, including those already dispatched to its sales channels. The provincial government of Henan has sent an investigative team led by the provincial Department of Animal Husbandry to Hunan and Gansu provinces to look into the matter, according to the notice. The notice said the company operates a complete system for food safety and product tracing. In addition to requiring qualified pork suppliers to strengthen their tests and inspections, the company is also implementing better examinations and measures that help control the African swine fever, it said. According to a leaked report circulated online last week, sample tests on pork products from 11 manufactures, including the Sanquan Foods, returned positive results for African swine fever. The agriculture authorities in Gansu province confirmed the incidence over the weekend. custom bar braceletcustom sports braceletscustom logo wristbandsde securite pour personne ageeembossed wristbandscolorfilled wristbandsembossed printed wristbandsdual layer wristbands
Wang Ningli. [Photo/Xinhua] A national political adviser called for a national strategy and the involvement of the entire society on Sunday to curb the increasing rate of nearsightedness. Wang Ningli, also head of the Ophthalmologic Center at Beijing Tongren Hospital, said at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing that the success of myopia prevention efforts was in the participation of parents and society as a whole. Wang said levels of nearsightedness are now very severe in China and that many children in kindergarten have myopia. There is also a high rate of myopia and weak eyesight among Chinese juveniles. He also said schools alone cannot do the job and it is vital that parents realize that shortsightedness is a serious threat to health. Parents and schools should work together to ensure at least one and half hours of outdoor activity every day for students, as well as a reduced academic workload and that less time was spent on electronic devices, Wang added. With myopia levels rising, the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission issued a draft guideline in August laying out measures to tackle the problem among schoolchildren.
