Chapter 58 Food Safety Crisis
Yue Ning faced the camera, with a myriad of thoughts in his mind. Every word he said had a great impact on Cui Huiyi's attitude towards Li De.
Yue Ning made a prompt decision: "The first question is, did Lide Food use banned toxic additives? My answer is 'yes.' The second question is, is Lide Food's illegal additives a public event? My answer is: 'No.' Because today's event is about a new product in the R&D department, one of the three formulas. The first formula added compliant wheat protein, but the taste was not good. The second formula added eggs, which are more expensive. And the third formula, the noodles are refreshing and elastic. I thought it was made with egg whites, and single egg whites are more chewy than whole egg noodles. The R&D manager said no, this one is cheaper, and I suddenly realized what was added. The key is that Cui Huiyi and I had already eaten several bites. Do you know how I felt at that time?"
"What's your mood?"
"It's like eating dog shit. And the dog shit Cui Huiyi ate was their own."
The reporters and onlookers burst into laughter.
"Don't Cui Huiyi know?" someone asked.
Yue Ning said helplessly: "If she knew, do you think she and I would eat that noodle? Go ask the chefs at Shenghualou, will they eat the fish soup made by Aunt Awang? Although I know that a small taste at a time will not be a big deal. But psychologically, I feel uncomfortable now that I can't vomit. When Cui Huiyi heard me say that borax should be added, she got angry and scolded her subordinates. Do you know how her subordinates responded?"
"How do you answer?"
"The R&D manager said: 'You want a good bounce, a low price, and I need to come up with a solution right away.' This sentence once again proves that you get what you pay for. If you pursue low prices and high quality too much, then we should be careful about this thing and ask why? Maybe it's due to technological advancement, maybe it's due to process improvement, or maybe it's because of the addition of such toxic substances."
"Do you think the Yuanzai noodles currently on the market from Lide Food have this problem?"
"My suggestion is to wait for the test results from the relevant departments. After this incident, the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will definitely check all the yuanzai noodles on the market. The truth will be revealed at that time. My personal opinion is the most useless. We must believe in science and evidence. Although, the cause of this incident is that I disliked the yuanzai noodles' dough not being elastic enough, so I asked them to improve the dough." Yue Ning thought for a while, "If everyone needs it, I can tell you what borax is? What are the hazards of borax? Why do illegal people add borax to food? What are the foods that are most likely to illegally add borax?"
"I want to hear it. Come on, tell me!" asked the onlookers.
Yue Ning doesn't care whether it is the reporter's request or not, she has always been very happy to popularize this knowledge.
She said: "First of all, borax is not a food additive, but a chemical raw material that is toxic to the human body..."
In the next few decades, companies dedicated to technology and innovation will all want to come up with non-toxic additives like borax that can improve both the appearance and taste of food. However, these efforts have repeatedly failed. That is why borax, which has been banned for decades and listed as a Class I carcinogen by the World Health Organization, still makes the news from time to time.
Yue Ning answered the questions one by one. When everyone heard that borax can make diseased pork look fresh, make rice dumplings and beef balls more chewy, make noodles smoother, whiter and less likely to spoil, and make rice noodles, rice rolls whiter and more chewy.
"In short, borax is like a scumbag who seduces good families into depravity. These originally simple foods have become beautiful and delicious after being transformed by borax, but these foods have also become poisonous."
Everyone looked at each other in bewilderment, and someone asked, "Do we usually buy this kind of thing in food?"
"I just came to Hong Kong City and am not familiar with it! I am just sharing my knowledge with you. I think the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will definitely conduct a strict investigation into this problem. Just watch the news!" Yue Ning said this, but in fact, Lin Lekang had already made it clear that there are a lot of noodles out there that have borax added to them.
This is not a city decades later where food safety is very well done. This is a city right now where prostitution, gambling and drugs are rampant and the police are helpless against Kowloon Walled City. Adding borax to food is definitely a thing. As long as she mentions it, the public will naturally force the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department to investigate.
Since she wanted to use her influence to make the matter bigger, that was fine. She could just make a big fuss and make it a real public event. It would also be a good thing to thoroughly investigate the current situation of borax addition.
"I don't know what's going on outside, please rest assured, our beef balls are definitely made by a shepherdess like me who can handle a strong man." She showed off her arm muscles, "That's all for today. After eating borax noodles, I need to be alone."
Yue Ning entered Baohua Building. The evening market of Baohua Building was about to end. Yue Baohua took Yue Ning upstairs. Yue Ning sat in his grandfather's office: "Grandpa, I didn't tell you about this when I just came back because I thought this matter didn't leave Lide's factory, or even Lide's test kitchen. Sister Huiyi has also taken measures."
"It's the Cui family that's fighting! Cui Jiachang has come out to apologize. Go upstairs. If you have the energy, watch the news. If you don't, just ignore it. Go to bed early. You're tired. You've done your best to help Cui Huiyi by doing this today. The premise is that Yuan Zai Mian has to do his best. If he is really found out, there's nothing we can do."
The phone rang, Yue Baohua picked up the phone and said, "Ningning, Junxian is looking for you!"
Yue Ning went over to answer the phone, and Qiao Junxian's voice was a little anxious: "How are you? She said she was sorry."
Yue Ning realized that Cui Huiyi was afraid that contacting her at this time would cause her problems, and she was worried, so she asked Qiao Junxian to inquire.
She said: "I am an honest person, I say what I mean..."
She told Qiao Junxian all the answers she gave to the reporter's questions: "I told the truth."
Qiao Junxian smiled: "Yue Ning..."
"What's wrong?" Yue Ning didn't know what he meant by suddenly calling her like that?
"You are so nice." Qiao Junxian said softly.
Yue Ning was slightly stunned, and immediately said: "Is there any need to say it? It is recognized by everyone."
Qiao Junxian on the other end of the phone stopped talking, and Yue Ning said, "Anything else? No problem, I'm going to take a shower. I've been busy at the night market for so long."
"Go ahead!"
Yue Ning went upstairs, turned on the TV, took her clothes and went in to take a shower. After the shower, she wiped her hair and came out to watch TV. She switched two channels and finally saw the picture of Cui Jiachang. Boss Cui said in front of the camera with full of guilt and sincerity: "I am very sorry that Lide Food, a subsidiary of Cui Ji, had such a big food safety incident. Lide has developed very well in recent years. I let Lide Food to Cui Huiyi to run it. I always believed that under her management, Lide Food would flourish. I didn't expect such a thing to happen. Anyway, I am the chairman of the board of directors of Cui Ji. I can't escape the blame for what happened to Lide Food!"
He bowed deeply as he spoke, showing his sincerity. For a moment, Yue Ning didn't know whether he was learning from the Japanese counterfeit companies' apology or whether the Japanese counterfeit companies were learning from his apology.
If there is a serious food safety problem, what is the point of bowing if the problem is not solved? The problem is not that serious yet, but they bowed and admitted their guilt. What is their purpose?
Yue Ning put down the towel, took the comb and combed it twice, then stopped.
No, this didn't happen by chance. Obviously, it was too difficult to beat Cui Huiyi to death when something like this happened on the R&D side. When I came back from Beijing, I clearly rejected Cui Jiachang and his mistress. Did they hate each other?
If Lin Lekang was bribed by Cui Jiachang, he would use the problem to develop a new product. This new product was jointly developed by Lide and Baohualou, and after it was put on the market for a while, it was revealed that toxic additives were added to the noodles.
By then, not only Lide Food will be affected, but Baohua Building will also be affected?
Although Lide Foods is affiliated to Cui Ji, and even the factory manager is an old man from Mr. Xiang's generation, after Cui Huiyi took over, she firmly established the instant noodle business and the business is booming. So Cui Jiachang said that he would not take Lide, his wife's family, but what is the reality?
Yue Ning ignored it, blew her hair twice, set the alarm clock, and went to bed.
She had been busy all her life. She would get up at six o'clock, turn on the tape recorder, prepare to play English cassettes, listen to the texts and recite them.
She can listen to English while washing her face and brushing her teeth. After washing, she reads an English text aloud on the balcony. Her English is okay, and her spoken English is also OK. She has a set of test preparation methods for exams. No matter which country or region, the student texts have that time period and the content that the government at that time needs to publicize. If you are wrong in this aspect, don't even think about getting a high score.
Memorize the text quickly and then organize the main points from the text, and it will be much smoother to answer the questions.
Yue Ning saw Yang Zhijie, who was wearing a round-neck vest and brushing his teeth on the second floor opposite. She stopped and waved to him.
Ajie brushed his teeth and wiped his mouth with a towel: "I'm free this afternoon, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Yes. I have sorted them all."
"Okay, I'll come over at 2:30 pm."
Yue Ning gestured: "Thank you."
“You’re welcome.”
After morning reading, Yue Ning went into the room, turned on the tape recorder, tuned to the FM frequency, and listened to the news while doing physics problems.
Her words last night really turned people's attention to the food safety issues in the market. The reporters in Hong Kong are definitely the fastest reporters. Just last night, after Yue Ning said that, they immediately went to the stores and malls that were still open at night to buy related products.
The market usually opens at 5 or 6 in the morning. Many stall owners haven’t even watched the news yet, and don’t know what impact the news will have on them. They display their smooth noodles and super chewy beef balls as usual…
The results were shocking to the public. Borax was detected in both fresh and dried wonton wrappers, noodles, and beef balls. The results from supermarkets were much better. Among more than a dozen types of noodles, only two fresh noodles were found to contain borax. The news specifically stated that three types of round noodles on the shelf were not found to contain borax.
The wet market was the worst hit area, with almost 60% of the products having problems. One vendor even said: "Borax is added to meatballs. Without borax, how can the meatballs look good and be chewy? Borax is like salt, it is a seasoning."
Cui Huiyi also spoke out: "Li De's self-inspection has been completed. There is no borax in the receipt. All batches of Yuanzai noodles in stock have been tested overnight and no borax was detected. Now we are waiting for the results from the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department."
The news said that the Food and Environmental Hygiene Department will hold a press conference at 10 o'clock this morning.
This incident has finally turned from a violation of sample development in Lide Test Kitchen into a crisis for Lide Foods, and now a food safety issue in Hong Kong...
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