The Mill with “Poisonous Fillings”

The morning light shone brightly onto Emily the Apodidae Bird's bed through the glass windows. She opened her eyes and stretched out her wings, When Emily was fully awoken and ready for some exercise. Suddenly, she saw something that looked like a bundle of black cloud, and it quickly flew past her windows.

“Hey, wait a minute! ” yelled Emily as she looked out the window. It was a huge group of flies! The flies stopped immediately after they heard Emily's voice, “Good morning, Emily! Sorry, but we are in a hurry today, no time to chat! ” The flies quickly flew away.Flies in Castle City are notorious for being lazy, they usually spend their day in doors sleeping. It was such a surprise that they had something to do today! Emily was curious, and she wanted to know what the flies were up to, so she decided to secretly follow them to find out.

Emily followed the group of flies for a while, finally they arrived at a rundown bungalow. As the flies flew in, some other flies flew out of the house, carrying a large black bag, and it was later thrown onto a car. “I wonder what is inside the bag? ” thought Emily, she continued to search for an answer. Emily flew on top of the roof, carefully picked out a piece of tile, and peeked into the hole to observe the room. She saw that the group of flies were bargaining with a paunchy middle-aged rat pointing at a pile of frozen meat. On the other corner, Emily saw a couple of horribly dressed black mice chopping up a huge piece of meat with an axe. Bits of meat would fly out onto the floor while being chopped, and the female mice helpers standing on the sides would pick them up and place them directly back on the chopping board.

The indoor environment was absolutely disgusting and unsanitary, the room was filled with a pungent stink. Emily even had to leave to catch her breath with some fresh air. She wandered around further and realized that there wasn't a single farm around this “mill”, so where did the meat come from? Where were they going to sell the meat?

Emily started to casually chat around with the neighbors living around the mill to find out more. A lot of neighbors joined in the conversion about delicious foods in Castle City, and finally Emily directed the conversation to the meat filling mill. Everyone suddenly went silent and tried to avoid the topic. Grandma Rabbit went up to Emily and whispered in her ear, telling her that the meat in the dirty mill was “meat waste.”The owner of the mill frequently rode a tricycle and bought these unclean meat from somewhere nearby, and the meat scraps were thrown out by villagers. She saw the scrap meat being processed in the mill, but no one knew whether it's legal or not, or where the meat is being sold. One thing for sure is that none of the neighbors around will buy it.

Emily became rather anxious after she listened to Grandma Rabbit's words. Dirty scrap meat is extremely dangerous because it contains the lymph node and thyroid gland area. If the meat scrap is sold as filling on the market, then there is a big problem. She quickly warned the neighbors, and called Dr. Micro right after. In a few moments, Dr. Micro and police officers rushed to the scene. They arrived just in time to block the delivery of the dirty meat.

After an investigation, it became an evident that the meat in the mill was collected meat scrap being processed to meat fillings. The small mill is actually the middle-aged rat's private “home”, and he does not have any sort of production permits. The processed meat did not go through quality check either, it was directly given to the flies to deliver. The flies carried the meat into Castle City, and made it into meat buns. This type of meat bun had a very low cost. Therefore, the flies could make a huge profit from selling them. This was why this small“poisonous mill” selling meat scraps was so “popular”.

[Dr. Micro's notes and tips]

1. Dirty scrap meat is extremely dangerous because it contains the lymph node and thyroid gland area.

2. Lymph nodes can filter, kill, and ingest pathogenic microorganisms and viruses, but at the same time it will accumulate a large number of bacteria and viruses that cannot be killed if it is heated for only a short amount of time, so it can cause infections if consumed.

3.The main component of the thyroid gland is the thyroid hormone, it is stable and heat resistant in nature. It can only be damaged when it's heated up to 600℃ or above. If humans consume it excessively, then the thyroid hormones will disrupt one's normal endocrine activity and disrupt the nervous system. In more severe cases, one may show symptoms of poisoning, and it may even lead to death.

4.The dirty scrap meat isn't completely inedible, it can be consumed if the lymph nodes and other harmful components are cleaned out. But businesses do not want to waste time on this matter. So how can we prevent ourselves from buying the “poisonous”meat buns being sold on the market?

First of all, you can try stirring it. The dirty scrap meat will usually show a pale white color, and even though a lot of additives are added, a stench will still remain. If you try stirring the meat with a chopstick, you will also find that the meat can be overly sticky.

Secondly, through tasting. The“poisonous” fillings can have a very sticky texture, sometimes even overly salty, oily and savory.

Lastly, by choosing the right store. Please choose to purchase foods from licensed food stores, the quality of the food sold will be guaranteed.