Promote social co-governance and consumption more at ease (letters and interviews, pay attention to the safety of takeaway food (part 2))

In recent years, food safety issues have been continuously improved with the advancement of supervision and legal protection, standard construction, and industry norms

The implementation of relevant laws and regulations on the platform is not in place, and from time to time there are take-out businesses without physical stores in old urban communities

“In the old community across the street from Baozhou, many snack food shops have popped up.

Reporters surveyed in many cities and found that due to the long chain of online ordering and the lack of meeting at both ends, many food-delivery businesses choose old communities as their business locations, and they are not well managed in terms of processing, environmental sanitation, and health of employees

“During our supervision and inspection, we found that some platform agents did not strictly implement the requirements of the audit system, and some even went through the network access procedures for them to develop their business, knowing that the operators did not obtain food business licenses, and provided online ordering and offline delivery.

In response, the State Administration of Market Supervision issued the "Action Plan for Improving Food Quality and Safety", which put forward more stringent requirements for the safety supervision of food delivery.

"Combined with the characteristics of the virtual nature of take-out ordering, the State Administration also guides all regions to explore and form a joint governance force

Further improve the relevant standard system in accordance with the requirements of "the most rigorous standards"

The China Hotel Association and a large third-party platform recently jointly released a report on the development of the food delivery industry.

Not long ago, Ms.

Nowadays, new forms and models of food delivery continue to develop.

In recent years, under the guidance of the National Standardization Management Committee and the State Administration for Market Supervision, relevant industry associations, large third-party platforms, and catering companies have actively explored standardization measures for takeaway food safety

"From the perspective of food safety risk monitoring, there are certain hidden safety hazards in food delivery

Regulatory departments, industry organizations, take-out platforms, and catering companies must perform their duties to form a joint force

In recent years, many convenience stores, fresh food stores, and even traditional vegetable markets have chosen to operate online

According to industry insiders, in accordance with relevant regulations, businesses should have business licenses, food business licenses, relevant employee health certificates and other documents required by laws and regulations, and do not exceed the prescribed business scope in order to provide takeaway catering services

Xue Enyuan is the executive director of a well-known convenience store chain.

A small catering company established in Beijing chose to build its own takeaway platform and started operating its own takeaway WeChat mini program in June 2020

Liu Yuan, a reader from Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province, suggested that all parties should strictly fulfill the responsibilities specified by relevant laws and regulations

"People's Daily" (version 07 on January 11, 2021)