Rise of Australia

Chapter 486 Food Safety Act
Before the First World War, almost all walks of life in Australasia were in a state of barbaric growth.

Because the country's development in all aspects is indeed relatively lacking, so the government has not allowed too many restrictions, but only guaranteed the basic rights of workers.

But the disadvantages of barbaric development are also huge. Taking the food industry as an example, food safety is a common topic in any era.If food safety is not supervised and controlled, the hidden danger of food safety is always a potential bomb.

Of course, this does not mean that other countries do not have food safety problems.Even Britain, France, and the emerging powers of the United States, which are expensive and established powers, all have various food problems.

As long as there are capitalists in any industry, corrosion is inevitable.Capitalists are profit-seeking. As long as they can create benefits, other influences will be ignored.

Don't underestimate the current food problem, which is much bigger than the food problem in future generations.Because there is no effective supervision, no one knows what has been added to the food they eat, and what are the consequences and impacts.

Especially for the food produced by some small workshops, the raw materials and hygiene problems cannot be guaranteed at all, and there is no standard for even the simplest shelf life.

When Australasian food was exported to Europe in large quantities, some defective and defective products were basically exported to Europe.

But now, after the end of the war, Europe's demand for materials has been greatly reduced, and some defective products have gradually flowed to the market and onto people's tables.

As early as last year when the flu was relatively severe, a food safety incident that caused a national sensation broke out in Australasia.

In a batch of canned rabbit meat purchased centrally by the government, something resembling a rat's head was found, and this is not an exception.

Following the reports of major newspapers, excessive mercury compounds, additives and other substances were detected in canned food, which directly caused the market for canned products to plummet by more than half.

Fortunately, the canned products in the accident did not come from the Royal Cannery, but a small civilian workshop.

After this incident alarmed Arthur, the Ministry of Public Security immediately dispatched police to seal up the workshop. It turned out that the working environment of this workshop was extremely crude, and rats were crawling around the raw materials, and it was only natural that there were rat heads in the cans.

What angered Arthur was that at the very beginning of the outbreak of food safety issues, this small workshop had publicly explained that the canned food was not a mouse, but a piece of rabbit meat with a similar head to a mouse.

But judging from the scene where the food workshop was seized, the rat heads are relatively minor matters. More importantly, there are a large number of unqualified additives in the food workshop. Although they can bring a more delicious taste to the canned food, they will also Causes great bodily harm to the user.

At that time, because of the flu, the case was temporarily put on hold. Not long ago, the owner of the workshop was fined [-] Australian dollars and sentenced to life imprisonment.

Judging from the property of the owner of the workshop, it is absolutely impossible for him to pay a fine of [-] Australian dollars.

Therefore, a fine of [-] Australian dollars is still imposed on him, which is equivalent to Arthur making an example to the monkeys, and making those capitalists who are unscrupulous in food consider the consequences of doing so.

After all, one hundred thousand Australian dollars is definitely not a small asset, and it is very rare in Australasia.Even in the old powers like Britain and France, with assets of [-] Australian dollars, they are definitely big capitalists.

On the second day after the case was judged, the Australasian government promulgated the "Food Safety Act" to formally control the food industry, and ordered all food industries in Australasia to make rectification within a time limit. fine or imprisonment.

The promulgation of the food safety bill has caused people to celebrate.After all, after the food safety accident broke out, people began to panic and did not believe in the canned food that was previously flooded in the food market.

After the Food Act finally revived the long-frozen canning industry, the Royal Cannery Factory finally resumed its previous sales after several months of cold winter.

The rectification of capitalists is definitely not short-term.For capitalists, they first have to wait and see the government's attitude towards implementing the food safety bill.

If the government is determined to control food safety, they will let the workshops and food factories under their hands rectify.

But if this bill is just the so-called thunder and small raindrops, then in the days to come it will be up to everyone to do whatever they want, and the rat-head incident will still happen again.

The fastest rectification should be the Royal Canned Food Factory.In other words, the Royal Canned Food Factory is not a rectification, but an inspection of all production lines in all of its own factories to ensure that food safety will not happen in the Royal Canned Food Factory.

After all, the Royal Canned Food Factory is wearing the royal name after all, so there is absolutely nothing wrong with it.

Everyone knows that Arthur is the man behind the Royal Cannery.If there was a food safety outbreak at the Royal Cannery, it would surely be Arthur's reputation that would suffer first.

Fortunately, the Royal Cannery Factory followed Arthur's orders from the beginning and strictly controlled food safety.

Of course, some additives cannot be completely eliminated, but generally they still comply with national food safety regulations.

Including various other royal food factories, the various products produced all meet the limits set by the state. After all, this is also related to Arthur's own reputation.The combined annual sales of all the food factories of the royal consortium must exceed tens of millions of Australian dollars.

This also means that if the food industry is rectified, the royal consortium must be the most affected.

But to put it bluntly, this bill has little impact on the royal consortium.As long as the food produced by the royal consortium meets national standards, the promulgation of this bill will definitely not have an impact on the royal consortium.

Food safety is definitely a big issue. It is not only related to the health of the people, but also to the healthy development of the country.

With Arthur's attention, a large number of media in Australasia began to report on the importance of food safety.

Previous food safety cases, various additives added to cheese, sausages, cans, and even bread have all been reported, and the names of some workshops with serious food safety issues have even been attached.

Arthur gave these workshops a period of half a month for rectification. If there is no improvement in the situation within half a month, then what awaits them is the court's judgment.

Half a month passed quickly. In Australasia, the government soon organized a food safety inspection to comprehensively examine the food problems in Australasia.

The inspection team visited the major food factories of the royal consortium first. In Arthur's words, the enterprises of the royal consortium must set an example for the whole country.

Not surprisingly, the results of the investigation were quickly released.The inspection team investigated more than a dozen large-scale food factories of the royal family consortium and found that there was no food safety problem in hundreds of production lines. According to reports in newspapers, the production lines were as clean as new, as if they were cleaned every day.

The results of the investigation and news reports made Arthur relieved, and also allowed the sales of the royal consortium's food factory to increase by a small half in a short period of time.

It can also be confirmed now that the food safety bill has not had an impact on the royal consortium, and Arthur has also successfully set an example for capitalists across the country.

It's just that apart from the food factory of the royal consortium, other food factories inevitably have some problems.

A slaughterhouse in the suburbs of Sydney inspected and sold water-injected meat and spoiled beef and mutton, but was immediately seized and the boss was arrested.

Some canned food factories have also been detected to have safety problems again. Although most of the factories have made rectifications, some still go their own way.

Arthur is naturally not polite to these people and food factories, without exception, all fines that have been rectified but still have problems, and ordered to suspend business for rectification.

As for those without any rectification, not only will they face high fines, but even their owners will also face long-term imprisonment.

During the government's inspection period, many capitalists wanted to use their connections to exempt from this inspection or reduce penalties.

But Arthur attached great importance to this inspection. He not only ordered Prime Minister Kent to pay attention to it at all times, but also asked about the progress of the inspection from time to time.

As a result, no one dares to intercede for these capitalists. After all, politicians are not stupid, and they will not cause trouble casually.

In the first month of the inspection, the Australasian government disposed of dozens of workshops and food factories, and the total fines for these workshops and food factories even exceeded 100 million Australian dollars.

This is not over, the number of penalties in the second month is even higher, not only disposing of hundreds of small workshops and factories, but also imposing fines of more than 200 million Australian dollars on these enterprises.

From the inspection reports of the first two months, it can be seen how much impact this major inspection has had on the food industry in Australasia.

It has become a habit of Australasians to pay attention to newspapers every day. Every day, newspapers will publish several businesses that have been seized.Whenever they see such news, Australasians can't help but lament the greatness of the government and Arthur.

Food safety is definitely a problem in every country. Australasia is absolutely unique in being able to attach so much importance to food safety and even launch large-scale inspections across the country.

As can be expected, the Australasian food industry has shrunk by at least a third following this inspection.

After all, the food industry is the easiest industry to get started in. Some of the small workshops that have been closed down, and even all the employees combined, are one family.

Although it has had a great impact on the food industry, it is not without good news.For Australasians, at least they no longer have to worry about buying various foods in the future. They don’t have to worry about food safety issues and can enjoy any food with confidence.

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