Magic card claims to be able to measure "Clenbuterol" Expert: No scientific basis

Online hot lean meat test card, melamine test card, radiation detector citizen reaction is not the same as the relevant departments said the measured data did not convince the CCTV exposure Shuanghui lean meat case caused public concern about the safety of meat products. Recently, some netizens posted a message in the Populus euphratica community, saying that a hot-selling test card that claimed to be able to detect whether or not pork contained lean meat in 5 minutes was “impressed”, in addition to the melamine test card and radiation detection. Instrument is also available online. Is there any use of these items?

On the 1st, the reporter entered the “Clenbuterol Detection Card” in the Taobao search bar, which showed that there were several hundred corresponding results. On the website of a food safety specialty store called “mmbee”, the owner of the store, Mr. Jiang, said that the accuracy of the clenbuterol test card is above 95%. The use of this test card is very simple. Two or three drops of tissue fluid are squeezed out of the pork and dripped on the card. If the test card turns red, there is a problem with the pork. A netizen who purchased a box of 10 test cards said that if it is true or not, it will only buy a few yuan if it is a few dollars.

In addition to the hot sale of the "Clenbuterol Detection Card", there are also rapid testing equipment such as "melamine test card" and "radiation detector". The use of "melamine test card" is basically the same as that of "Clenbuterol test card," and the price is generally about 15 yuan. "Radiation detector" is much more expensive than rapid detection card, the price of most products is between 200 yuan and 600 yuan, and some are known as German imports of nuclear radiation detectors, the price should be 3,600 yuan. The appearance of this type of detector resembles our usual calculator. After the button is pressed, a number will appear on the screen to tell you the test results.

Subsequently, the reporter visited the Hongqi Road electronic product sales market, and did not find shops selling "radiation detectors."

On the 1st, reporters randomly interviewed 20 citizens at Hongqi Road, Renmin Road, and Youth Road. About half of the people felt that they could “try it” and the rest felt that they were “flickers”. Mr. Liu, who was working near Hongqi Road, questioned that the price of the lean test card was so cheap that it was estimated to be a flicker.

Yang Haiyan, dean of the Xinjiang Agricultural University's Food Science Research Institute, said that a small reagent strip can quickly detect meat and produce accurate conclusions. This is theoretically impossible. There is no scientific basis for this type of test card, and it is impossible to determine the composition of food in as little as five minutes. The test result is not reliable. At the same time, she also advised the public not to blindly follow the trend to purchase.

The staff of the food supervision and management office of the Urumqi City Administration of Industry and Commerce said that for the detection of lean meat extract and melamine, qualified testing organizations can conduct formal inspections. The detection method of this chemical reagent cannot be qualitative.