Mobile labs provide free food testing
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MOBILE food testing labs are popping up in marketplaces and communities across Putuo to provide free service for residents.
The labs detect food samples for excessive levels of Iodine in edible salt, pesticide residues in vegetables, harmful substances in cooking oil, formaldehyde in aquatic products, melamine in milk, and clenbuterol, also called “lean meat powder,” in pork.
It takes a mobile lab just three to five minutes to find out pesticide residues in vegetables and 15 minutes to detect clenbuterol in pork.
Consumers no longer need to travel long distance to make sure the foods they buy are safe.
Food safety officials said the mobile labs have served more than 1,000 consumers and tested more than 3,000 food samples. They will extend the lab service to seniors relying on home care and to nursing homes.
It is part of the district’s effort to reduce food safety incidents.
The officials increased the frequency of food testing at Tongchuan Road Seafood Market this summer. The market is set to close later this year.
The district government is looking for volunteers to operate the mobile food testing labs in communities and villages and will provide them with test kit and training.
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