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New regulations for online food trading management open for public consultation

2025-08-22   

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation released the "Regulations on the Supervision and Management of the Implementation of Food Safety Responsibility by Third Party Platforms for Online Food Trading and Online Food Sales Enterprises (Draft for Comments)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Draft for Comments"), which is open to the public for comments. The draft for soliciting opinions consists of 23 articles, which strengthen the requirements for network food safety management of platform enterprises and online food sales enterprises from multiple dimensions such as management personnel allocation, management mechanism operation, supervision and management, and legal responsibilities. In terms of strengthening management responsibilities, the draft for soliciting opinions requires platform enterprises to urge their branches, agents, partners, etc. to implement food safety management responsibilities and obligations in accordance with unified requirements. Platform enterprises and networked food sales enterprises should be equipped with management personnel such as food safety directors and food safety officers with corresponding abilities. In terms of improving the operation of management mechanisms, the draft for soliciting opinions stipulates that platform enterprises should establish a dynamic management mechanism based on food safety risk prevention and control, formulate a food safety risk control list, and establish and implement a food safety "daily control, weekly investigation, and monthly scheduling" work system and mechanism. In terms of strengthening supervision and management, the "Draft for Soliciting Opinions" stipulates that market supervision departments should make the food safety risks and hidden dangers discovered by platform enterprises in "daily control, weekly investigation, and monthly scheduling" as the key content of supervision and inspection, and investigate and deal with relevant illegal activities in accordance with the law. (New Society)

Edit:Wang Shu Ying Responsible editor:Li Jie

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