近日,"勾兑门"事件把"中华瑰宝"--山西老陈醋推向了风口浪尖。8月9日,省醋产业协会会长曹文杰向记者表示,事情已经发生了,现在并不是追究原因的时候,关键是给广大老百姓提供一个公开、公正、公平的消费环境,为山西老陈醋正名。通过市场走访,记者看到山西老百姓仍然对山西老陈醋表现出足够的信心。
山西醋产业协会副会长称,市场上真正意义上的山西老陈醋不足5%,全国每年消费330万吨食醋,95%放添加剂。老陈醋发酵周期为28天,使用添加剂后只需一天甚至更短时间。业内人士指出,中国配制食醋标准强调不得使用工业冰醋酸,但这一禁令并没有多少限制效果。
相关英文报道:
A food-quality watchdog on Sunday dismissed claims that 95 percent of "Shanxi aged vinegar" is blended with a cheap acid that speeds up the brewing process.
The
vinegar is famous for the time it takes to produce, usually at least one year. Yet, Wang Jianzhong, vice-chairman of the Shanxi Vinegar Industry Association, said recently that many producers cheat by adding glacial acetic acid, which reduces the fermenting time to just one month.
However, an official notice from the
provincial food quality
supervision and
inspection center and comments by Wang's superior rebutted the claim.
Meanwhile, Cao Wenjie, chairman of the industry association, insisted that all Shanxi aged
vinegar products are brewed entirely with grain.He said Wang, an
expert in marketing and sales, was not familiar with the production process.
95%的山西老陈醋都是由加速酿造过程的廉价醋酸勾兑而成,周日一家食品质量监督机构反驳了这一说法。
山西老陈醋以酿造时间长著称,通常至少要一年时间。然而,山西醋产业协会副会长王建忠称,近来很多生产者通过添加冰醋酸欺骗消费者,将发酵时间缩减为仅一个月。
然而,山西省食品监督检验中心发布的官方通知以及王建忠的上级都反驳了这一说法。
同时,山西醋产业协会会长曹文杰表示,所有山西老陈醋产品都是由纯谷物酿造而成。他说,王建忠是市场营销方面的专家,对醋的生产过程并不熟悉。
【讲解】文中的Shanxi aged vinegar即指山西老陈醋,国家虽有配制食醋的标准,但是企业到底使用的是食用冰醋酸还是工业用冰醋酸进行勾兑目前无法检验,冰醋酸英语可以说成 glacial acetic acid,ferment是指发酵,brew指酿造。另外与"vinegar"相关的一个俗语Cry up wine and sell vinegar. 挂羊头,卖狗肉。