A merchant in Ya'an, Sichuan, was found washing frozen meat in a public restroom? Official report: The situation is true, the merchant involved has been ordered to cease operation and rectify the situation.

On April 18, the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Yucheng District, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, issued a situation report: At 15:53 on April 17, some residents reported that the merchants of Xingmao store in Shu Tian Agricultural Market in our district were suspected of washing frozen meat products in the public toilets. After receiving the relevant clues, our bureau attached great importance to it and immediately organized law enforcement officers to rush to the scene to investigate and deal with it. After on-site verification and investigation by law enforcement officers, it was confirmed that the situation reported by the residents was true. The behavior of the involved merchants violated relevant food safety laws and regulations, posing a food safety hazard. Currently, our bureau has ordered the involved merchants to suspend business for rectification, and on-site removed and detained the meat products for inspection as required by law. At the same time, a meeting was held with the management of the agricultural market, and a "Notice of Rectification Order" was issued, requiring them to learn from this lesson, improve the normalized supervision mechanism, strengthen food safety and hygiene training and publicity for entering merchants, strictly implement their main responsibilities, and prevent similar problems from occurring.