To ensure the food safety of citizens and tourists, the market supervision bureau of Dalian, Liaoning province, issued a warning on barbecue and hot pot food consumption on April 27.

The meat should be cooked through. Consumers should not eat undercooked meat in pursuit of fresh taste. If various meat and animal offal are not thoroughly roasted, it is difficult to kill harmful microorganisms. If the quality of meat is not fresh, complaints should be made in time. After burnt food will produce a variety of harmful substances such as heterocyclic amines, benzopyrene, do not eat barbecue for too long burnt food.

Seafood should be roasted long and well. Grilled raw food, scallops, prawns and other popular seafood barbecue food, but seafood may contain Vibrio parahaemolyticus and other pathogenic bacteria, there may also be parasitic eggs, can be killed above 80℃. Consumers should choose fresh seafood and avoid seafood that smells abnormal or has gone bad. Remember to roast, to prevent "cooked on the outside", best served with garlic and mustard, both have a certain bactericidal effect.

Be cautious when eating "raw marinated" seafood. "Raw pickled" seafood may carry parasites, bacteria, and so on. With the rise of temperature, bacteria multiply faster, easy to deteriorate, easy to appear physical discomfort and other symptoms after eating. When ordering food, consumers need to pay attention to whether the restaurant has such business qualifications, whether the ingredients are fresh, and to moderate consumption. Foreign tourists, in particular, are more likely to suffer from gastrointestinal discomfort because they do not often eat raw marinated seafood.

Eat with vegetables and starchy foods. When eating barbecue, with fresh vegetables can increase the absorption of vitamins, but also with potatoes and other starch containing food, can achieve a more balanced intake of nutrition, has the effect of helping digestion.

Choose healthy hot pot ingredients. Vegetables, poultry meat, aquatic products, etc. should be thoroughly cooked before eating. Undercooked food contains pathogenic microorganisms or parasites, which can easily lead to foodborne diseases. After each addition of soup, allow to boil again before continuing to cook. Do not eat wild mushrooms of unknown origin, etc. Adhere to the separation of raw and cooked meals to prevent cross contamination. Use special tools to pick up raw ingredients, do not mix with eating chopsticks.

Don't overeat. Don't eat too hot when you eat. After full eating should not eat ice cream, ice fruit, herbal tea, so as not to cause diarrhea. Try not to drink hot pot soup base, so as not to ingest too much purine substances.