The fat brothers in Beijing were fined 500,000 yuan for using crabs that were dead overnight.

The fat brothers in Beijing were fined 500,000 for using crabs that were dead overnight. The fat brothers’ meat crab pot was founded in 2008. In 2007, it operated meat crab pot, prawn pot, river crab pot and other special pot dishes, and developed rapidly with its unique deliciousness. Two fat brothers in Beijing were fined 500,000 yuan for using overnight dead crabs. Two fat brothers in Beijing were fined 500,000 yuan for using overnight dead crabs1

Recently, due to such behaviors as using overnight dead crabs to pass off as live crabs and using spoiled ingredients , Beijing Pang Ge Liang Crab Pot Restaurant was fined 500,000 yuan by the Fengtai District Market Supervision Bureau, and the company's food safety administrator was also fined 92,800 yuan.

Fined 500,000 yuan

On November 17, Fengtai Market Supervision released the "Typical Cases of "Iron Fist" in the Livelihood Field of Fengtai District Market Supervision Administration (Fourth Batch)", disclosing This article describes the results of handling the use of overnight dead crabs at the Pang Ge Liang Meat Crab Pot Restaurant in Beijing.

Fengtai Market Supervision stated that the Beijing Pang Ge Liang Meat Crab Pot Restaurant used overnight dead crabs to pass off as live crabs, used expired and spoiled ingredients, had a messy kitchen, and promoted fresh beef offal but used frozen beef offal preparation packages. etc. behavior.

On August 23 this year, law enforcement officers from the Beijing Fengtai District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau conducted an on-site inspection. After investigation, the Beijing Pang Ge Liang Crab Pot Restaurant used food ingredients that had exceeded the shelf life and had abnormal sensory properties to produce and sell food, and made misleading and false propaganda about the food.

Liu, as the person in charge directly responsible for the company’s food safety, failed to stop the company’s illegal behavior in time when he discovered that the company’s illegal behavior had occurred, and was responsible for deliberately committing the illegal behavior.

On October 18, 2021, the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Fengtai District, Beijing City, in accordance with Article 124, Paragraph 1, Item (2) of the Food Safety Law of the People’s Republic of China , Item (4) and Article 20, Paragraph 1, and other provisions of the Law of the People's Republic of China and the State Against Unfair Competition, issue a warning to Beijing Pang Ge Liang Meat Crab Pot Restaurant, confiscate illegal gains and fine 500,000 Yuan's administrative penalty decision.

In addition, according to the provisions of Article 75, paragraph 1, of the "Regulations on the Implementation of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China", the company's food safety administrator Liu was fined 92,800 yuan.

In this regard, some netizens said that restaurants should not take food hygiene as a joke, and this penalty is good.

Many netizens also believe that the fine is too small, and feel that 500,000 yuan is just over a week’s turnover.

Some netizens believe that food safety is a major issue, and the restaurant involved should be punished until it goes bankrupt and is never allowed to enter the catering industry again, so that catering companies will pay attention to it.

Popular searches for selling overnight dead crabs

Pang Ge Liang Meat Crab Pot was founded in 2008. It mainly sells meat crab pot, prawn pot, river crab pot and other specialty pots. Dishes and developed rapidly with their unique deliciousness. Official website information shows that as of the end of 2020, Pang Ge Liang Meat Crab Pot has expanded to more than 400 stores in more than 130 cities across the country, receiving an average of 36 million customers per year and an average of 100,000 customers per day.

Beginning at the end of June this year, reporters from the Beijing News went undercover and entered two Beijing joint venture stores directly managed by the fat brothers. They discovered that the live crabs that were advertised as freshly killed were actually slaughtered the day before. Overnight crabs and potatoes will continue to be served to the table even after they have expired or gone bad. Meat cooked in advance will be sold the next day even if it goes bad. In addition, for a 500g portion of crab pot, the store only gives 430g at the instruction...but the employees I was told that if I found something leftover, I couldn’t say anything. I had to pretend that I didn’t know. The boss wouldn’t let me say it because I couldn’t let the guests know that there was something leftover.

After all the chaos was exposed, many netizens were shocked, and they all expressed that they would never eat at Fat Brothers again. Related topics also topped the hot search list on Weibo that day.

The Fengtai District Market Supervision Bureau immediately organized law enforcement personnel to go to the exposed stores to conduct law enforcement inspections. Soon after, Fat Brothers Crab Pot Company issued a statement to suspend operations for the stores involved for rectification.

It is understood that after causing negative public opinion and being severely punished by regulators, Fat Brothers Crab Pot has recently begun to launch "crab shell engraving" and "bright kitchen and bright stove" services in stores, indicating that consumers are choosing After selecting live crabs in the crab area, the clerk will engrave marks on the crab shells for consumers to compare with the cooked dishes to see if they are consistent.

In this regard, some netizens said that when they went to the Beijing Joy City store to make purchases, the store initially said that they could engrave the certificate, but later there was no engraving. The two fat brothers in Beijing were fined 500,000 yuan for using overnight dead crabs 2

The two fat brothers were founded in 2008, and their main dishes are meat crab pot, chicken feet pot, black fish pot, etc. has attracted much attention from consumers. However, in August this year, the two fat brothers were exposed by the Beijing News for hygiene problems and their behavior of using overnight dead crabs to pass off as live crabs, which instantly aroused heated discussion!

Subsequently, the relevant local departments immediately launched a health investigation on the fat brothers. At the same time, the fat brothers were confiscated and fined 500,000 yuan by the Fengtai District Market Supervision Bureau. Their food safety manager Liu also Was fined 92,805 yuan.

It is worth mentioning that Liu, as the person in charge directly responsible for the company's food safety, failed to stop it in time when he discovered that the company's illegal behavior had occurred. Behave responsibly. Therefore, I also hope that the fat brothers can pay attention to hygiene issues and correct related unhygienic behaviors in a timely manner!

Jiaxing Pang Geliang Catering Management Co., Ltd. is a brand enterprise mainly engaged in specialty pots such as meat crab pot, prawn pot, and river crab pot. Formerly known as Zhejiang Haiyan "Fat Man Crab Pot" store, it was founded in May 2008.

On August 23, 2021, "Pang Brothers Crab Pot" was exposed to have serious food safety problems. On the same day, in response to the issues reported by the media, the Fengtai District Market Supervision Bureau launched a case investigation in accordance with the law; on August 24, according to the Hangzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, the Hangzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the Xiaoshan District Market Supervision Bureau had interviewed Hangzhou Fat Brothers Catering Company Company person in charge; On August 26, Zhang Linghan, founder of Pang Ge Liang Crab Pot, apologized to consumers and announced rectification measures. On September 1st, a case was filed against Pang Ge Liang’s Crab Pot Heshenghui Store. Beijing Fat Brothers were fined 500,000 yuan for using overnight dead crabs 3

Recently, Beijing Fat Brothers restaurant was fined by the Fengtai District Market for using overnight dead crabs to pass off as live crabs and using expired and spoiled ingredients. The Supervision Bureau confiscated illegal gains and fined 500,000 yuan, and its food safety manager Liu was also fined 92,805 yuan.

As for whether dead crabs can be eaten and why they cannot be eaten, CCTV reporters bought hairy crabs and swimming crabs in the market and took them to the Chinese Academy of Fisheries Sciences for testing.

Experts from the Chinese Academy of Fishery Sciences said that there are two main points to determine whether there is a risk of eating crabs after they die. The first is to see whether the total number of crab colonies increases rapidly and whether there are still pathogenic bacteria. The second is to see whether harmful biogenic amines such as histamine, cadaverine, putrescine and other substances will be produced in the body after the crab dies.

Subsequently, experts began to take samples and measure the number of colonies and biogenic amine content in fresh samples of the two types of crabs purchased on the market, as well as in different periods of time 24 hours after death.

The results found that from the moment the hairy crab died to 2 hours after death, the total number of bacterial colonies increased by 22%, and the total number of bacteria increased by 55% within 24 hours, and the hairy crabs one day after death had an obvious rancid smell. . The total number of colonies in swimming crabs did not increase until 24 hours after death.

The measurement of harmful biogenic amines found that biogenic amines have been detected in hairy crabs 5 hours after death. However, the levels of biogenic amines detected in both crab species were not high enough to cause poisoning.

Experts said that the reason why hairy crabs cannot be eaten after death is that the microorganisms in the body multiply rapidly, causing the bacterial colony count to exceed the standard. For hairy crabs with excessive microbial colonies, home cooking cannot completely eliminate the microorganisms produced by the dead crabs.

In addition, for some heat-resistant bacteria and spore-producing bacteria, it is necessary to use an autoclave at 121°C for more than 30 minutes to completely kill the microorganisms.

Experts remind that it is not possible to clearly judge the time of death of dead hairy crabs, so you must not eat dead hairy crabs. Do not eat crabs that have been dead for more than a day and smell rotten.