As the incident of “fake mutton” continues to ferment, “mixed beef and mutton” and “compound meat” with chicken, duck and other meats have become the public’s most concern. According to the Yinchuan Food Safety Commission, on May 12th, a multi-departmental joint operation in Yinchuan City launched a comprehensive rectification of the beef and mutton food market in Yinchuan, demanding that all “mixed meat” and “compound meat” be removed from the market and the market would only allow sales. Pure beef and mutton products.

It is reported that the beef and mutton food market special rectification operations from mid-May to early June have entered the period of centralized renovation. Relevant departments will check the source from the feed and veterinary medicine used in cattle and sheep breeding, to the inspection and quarantine in the slaughter process, to the production safety conditions of the beef and mutton products manufacturing enterprises, the sales unit’s cable for verification and the content of meat products. All aspects, such as "one-stop" inspection and rectification, comprehensive and complete supervision and management of the safety of beef and mutton products.

In this action, Yinchuan City will focus on the investigation of the “mixed meat” and “compound meat” products. If the doping of meat products is completed and the packaging label is clear, the company will be urged to conduct returns processing and it will not be sold on the Yinchuan market; The meat products with incomplete ticket approval, unclear packaging labeling, unqualified inspection and quarantine, or unqualified inspection and quarantine shall be illegally handled and the meat products shall be destroyed. In the future, Yinchuan Market will only allow the production and sales of pure beef and mutton products, and there will be no market for adulterated meat products.