The State Administration for Market Regulation of China has convened an administrative guidance meeting with food delivery platform enterprises, requiring Meituan, Taobao Flash Delivery, and JD.com—three major platforms—to strengthen food safety measures and promptly launch self-inspection and rectification.
According to the WeChat public account “Shishuo Xinyu,” the State Administration for Market Regulation held the administrative guidance meeting in Beijing on Thursday (April 2), directing the three platform enterprises to strictly implement the soon-to-be-enforced Regulations on the Supervision and Administration of Online Food Service Operators’ Fulfillment of Food Safety Responsibilities, strengthen the primary responsibility of enterprises for food safety, take practical and effective measures, and ensure the dietary safety of consumers.
The meeting pointed out that food safety risks cannot be ignored. The State Administration has issued the “Regulations”, making it clear that food delivery platform enterprises must place the fulfillment of primary food safety responsibilities at the core of business management, ensure food safety in catering, and let consumers shop with confidence and eat safely.
The meeting required food delivery platform enterprises to strictly comply with legal and regulatory requirements, benchmark each clause of the “Regulations,” and fully fulfill their principal food safety responsibilities in five areas: qualification review responsibility, management and assurance responsibility, social disclosure responsibility, emergency management responsibility, and collaborative regulatory responsibility.
The meeting required food delivery platform enterprises to strictly comply with legal and regulatory requirements, benchmark each clause of the “Regulations,” and fully fulfill their principal food safety responsibilities in five areas: qualification review responsibility, management and assurance responsibility, social disclosure responsibility, emergency management responsibility, and collaborative regulatory responsibility.
The meeting emphasized that food delivery platform enterprises should take June 1, the formal implementation date of the “Regulations,” as a timeline, work backward from this date, review and sort out current systems, procedures, personnel allocation, technical support, and other aspects against the requirements of the “Regulations,” and promptly carry out self-inspection and rectification; strictly control the checks on qualification, management, and delivery, strengthen technology-enabled management, proactively integrate into the government regulatory system, transition from “passive coping” to “proactively connecting,” and build a new pattern of societal co-governance in food safety by promoting “Internet + Bright Kitchen,” encouraging delivery riders to participate in food safety supervision, among other initiatives.