City cracks down on unsafe food
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TO improve the safety of online meal delivery services, Shanghai has issued regulations covering everything from the health of deliverers to the temperature of the delivery boxes.
The Food and Drug Administration now requires all deliverers to have a current health certificate and training in food safety.
Risky food must be delivered through a “cold chain” and implements and containers must be disinfected.
The FDA and unions are working together to set up a registration and management system for online catering firms.
Authorities have enhanced training for couriers, many of who were blamed for being unprofessional and lacking good hygiene habits.
A database on food couriers has also been established to improve training and protect their rights.
Since October, all city- and district-level authorities have carried out a special campaign against highly risky food from online food ordering websites.
Food such as salad, raw aquatic food, cold noodles, freshly-made juice, sushi, sandwich and cooked meat must be checked.
By the first quarter of this year, over 1,400 samples of highly risky food from such websites have been checked.
Websites and properties were given education and punishment in time, officials said.
More than 60,000 unlicensed restaurants have been closed and removed from online catering websites.
The FDA had asked two popular online catering service platforms, Meituan and Ele.me, to develop apps to collate consumers’ comments on unsatisfactory restaurants and report to the FDA and market watchdog, officials added.
Residents also can call the FDA’s food safety hotline 12331.
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