The new regulation is about to take effect; the State Administration for Market Regulation requires food delivery platforms to conduct self-inspections and rectifications as soon as possible.

Today, reporters learned that the State Administration for Market Regulation recently held an administrative guidance meeting for online food delivery platform companies in Beijing, guiding Meituan, Taobao Flash Purchase, and JD.com to strictly implement the upcoming “Regulations on the Supervision and Management of Food Safety Responsibilities of Online Catering Service Operators,” strengthen corporate food safety responsibilities, and take practical and effective measures to ensure consumer food safety.

The meeting pointed out that the booming development of online catering services has greatly facilitated people’s lives, but the accompanying food safety risks cannot be ignored. The Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to online food safety work. The State Administration for Market Regulation implements the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and has issued the “Regulations,” which clearly require online food delivery platform companies to prioritize the implementation of food safety responsibilities in their management, embedding food safety responsibilities into every aspect of daily operations, every process, and every decision, to ensure food safety and allow consumers to eat with confidence and safety.

The meeting demanded that online food delivery platform companies must strictly comply with legal and regulatory requirements, aligning each point with the “Regulations,” and comprehensively implement platform food safety responsibilities from five aspects: fulfilling qualification review responsibilities, management assurance responsibilities, social transparency responsibilities, emergency management responsibilities, and collaborative supervision responsibilities.

The meeting emphasized that online food delivery platform companies should take the official implementation date of the “Regulations” on June 1 as a timeline, work backwards to plan. They should thoroughly review existing systems, processes, staffing, and technical support in accordance with the requirements of the “Regulations,” and carry out self-inspections and rectifications as soon as possible; strictly control review, management, and delivery processes, strengthen technological empowerment management, actively integrate into government supervision systems, shift from “passive response” to “proactive engagement,” and promote new models of social co-governance in food safety through initiatives like “Internet + Bright Kitchen” and encouraging delivery riders to participate in food safety supervision. (CCTV Reporter Li Jingjing)

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