In recent years, food safety has become the focus of attention of the whole society. Food safety is not only related to people's health, but also related to the country's economic development and social stability. Therefore, it is necessary for us to make food safety a common pursuit of the whole society.
As a part of food safety governance with the highest attention and participation of the general public, the catering industry is a good "experimental field" for the implementation of the concept of food safety social co-governance. As far as the catering industry itself is concerned, as the end of the food chain, the catering industry inevitably gathers and bears the risks in all aspects from the procurement, transportation, storage to sales of ingredients. No matter which link goes wrong, it may have an impact on the catering industry;In addition, it has the characteristics of a wide range of ingredients, immediacy of food production and processing, diversity of processing methods and a large number of participants, which makes it difficult to control food safety risks in the catering industry.
The Provisions on the Supervision and Administration of the Main Responsibility of Enterprises for Food Safety (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations") clearly require that in order to ensure food safety, the catering industry needs to take a series of measures. Catering enterprises should establish a sound food safety management system, from the procurement, storage, processing to sales of food ingredients must be strictly controlled to ensure the quality and safety of ingredients. Catering enterprises should strengthen the supervision of food processing links to ensure that food is not contaminated during processing. In addition, catering enterprises should also strengthen the training of employees, improve the attention of employees to food safety, and avoid food safety problems caused by improper operation of employees.
Article 3 Food production and operation enterprises shall establish and improve the food safety management system, implement the food safety responsibility system, and allocate food safety management personnel such as food safety directors and food safety officers who are suitable for the scale of the enterprise, food category, risk level, management level, safety status, etc., and clarify the job responsibilities of the main person in charge of the enterprise, food safety director, food safety officer, etc.
The main person in charge of the enterprise shall be fully responsible for the food safety work of the enterprise, and establish and implement a long-term mechanism for the main responsibility of food safety. The food safety director and food safety officer shall assist the main person in charge of the enterprise to do a good job in food safety management in accordance with their job responsibilities.
Businesses are the key to achieving food safety. Food enterprises must establish a sense of quality and safety, strictly abide by the national safety production standards and regulations, conduct training and education for all employees, and continuously improve the degree of standardization of operations. It is necessary to implement the first-class business access review system and implement strict inspection and testing of raw materials. At the same time, establish and improve the whole process traceability system from procurement, production to sales, so that safety and quality can be more advanced
Food safety requires the establishment of a multi-participatory food safety supervision mechanism. Not only the first department, but also the extensive participation of all sectors of society. For example, consumers can report illegal businesses through supervision, food safety issues can attract social attention, enterprises can ensure product quality through self-discipline management, etc., to form a multi-party joint force to jointly maintain food safety.
It is a complex and arduous task to make food safety a common pursuit of the whole society. However, only through the joint efforts of the whole society can we truly achieve the goal of food safety, so that everyone can eat healthy and safe food with confidence.