The State Administration for Market Regulation recently issued the "Guidelines for the Supervision and Random Inspection and Assessment of Enterprise Food Safety Management Personnel" and the "Outline for the Supervision and Random Inspection and Assessment of Enterprise Food Safety Management Personnel", which will come into force on March 1, 2024. This will further clarify the main responsibility of food safety management personnel in special food production and business enterprises.
Special foods include health foods, formula foods for special medical purposes and infant formulas, which are related to the health and life safety of key groups such as the "old and young".
According to the relevant requirements of the guidelines and outlines, the main person in charge of the special food production and operation enterprise shall grasp the important provisions of food safety laws, regulations, rules and standards related to the production and operation of special food, implement the provisions of the main responsibility system of the enterprise, and the dynamic management mechanism based on risk prevention and control.
The main person in charge of the special food production enterprise should be familiar with the key risk points and control measures in the production process, the food safety management system of the enterprise, and understand the legal responsibilities and penalties related to the enterprise and the basic knowledge of food safety. The main person in charge of a special food business enterprise should be familiar with the registration and filing of the special food operated by the enterprise, the special sales requirements of special food, as well as the key risk points and control measures in the business process such as purchase, sale, storage and transportation. According to Xinhua News Agency.