Food delivery websites told to clear out unlicensed eateries
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SEVERAL online food delivery platforms have been ordered to clean up their acts after more than 80 percent of their advertised eateries were found to be in breach of industry regulations, the food safety watchdog said yesterday.
The websites, including dianping.com, ele.me and meituan.com, have been ordered to rectify the problems or face a fine of up to 200,000 yuan (US$31,400), the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration said in a statement.
The warnings were issued after the agency checked the credentials of 100 eateries listed on nine food delivery websites. Problems, including companies operating without a license or falsifying their addresses, were found with 81 of them, it said.
The unlicensed firms will also be punished, said Xu Jin, deputy director of the administration, adding that the checks were carried out in response to a growing number of complaints from consumers.
In a separate investigation by the Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Commission, ele.me, one of China’s biggest online food ordering websites, was found to have provided catering license details for just 13 percent of the firms hosted on its platform.
Several of the food providers, including an outlet of Aunt milk tea on Maotai Road in Changning District, were found to be either unlicensed or have only fake documentation.
Similar problems were found on meituan.com and dianping.com, while they were also alleged to be hosting small-scale eateries that did not meet the city’s hygiene conditions.
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