(Fighting against New Coronary Pneumonia) The number of takeaway orders for the Beijing Supermarket has doubled.
China News Agency, Beijing, June 18 Question: The number of takeaway orders for the Beijing Supermarket has doubled. How can order takeaways be safer?
Author Wang Qingkai
Many of the newly diagnosed patients with new pneumonia in Beijing were restaurant waiters, side dishes and chefs. This makes restaurants and fresh food markets an important place for epidemic prevention and control.
Some people work at home, doubling the amount of fresh food delivery orders from the Beijing Supermarket. How can it be safe to order food delivery?
Catering industry becomes the focus of epidemic prevention and control
Pang Xinghuo, deputy director of the Beijing Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said that most of the cases currently identified are directly or indirectly related to employees in the Xinfadi agricultural market and shoppers in the Xinfadi market. The vast majority of cases and positive specimens in the external environment are mainly in the comprehensive trading floor of Xinfadi Market.
It is reported that Beijing Honghua Dahai Bowl, Li Jichuan Restaurant and other restaurants all have staff diagnosed. A waiter in Li Jichuan cuisine near Huaxiang in Fengtai District went to the Xinfadi Market with the chef to buy plates on June 4. He developed symptoms on June 8 and was diagnosed.
On the afternoon of the 18th, Li Lanting, a staff member of Shunjia Supermarket in Shunyi District, who had just finished nucleic acid testing, told a reporter from China News Service that their supermarket was notified at noon today that all staff would do nucleic acid testing and do it immediately this afternoon.
It is reported that at present, Beijing has carried out the nucleic acid detection work for all catering industry practitioners in the city.
Supermarket Fresh Food Delivery Order Doubled
Beijing's emergency response level was adjusted from level 3 to level 2. Under the second-level response level, there is no need to stop production and work, but the office building and the arrival rate should be lowered, remote offices, homes and other flexible offices should be encouraged, and peak and peak commuting should be encouraged.
Affected by this, some citizens in Beijing began to work from home, "regenerating the pot".
"In recent days, the number of Beijing cooked food takeaway orders has declined," the person in charge of a Beijing takeout site told reporters at the China News Service that people live at home and many people cook at home and no longer order takeaways. This is the decline in cooked food takeaway orders. important reason. But at the same time, the number of takeaway orders for fresh vegetables in the supermarket has increased rapidly.
Data provided by Meituan takeaways to reporters shows that since the Beijing epidemic prevention and control upgrade, the number of takeaway orders for supermarkets has doubled compared to daily. "Since June 13, the volume of takeaway orders has gradually increased to three times its usual level, or even more."
The person in charge of Beijing Carrefour Maliandao said that currently the products with higher online sales in supermarkets are mainly concentrated in vegetables, fruits, meat and milk. Among them, the overall sales volume of tomatoes, potatoes, cucumbers, normal temperature milk and other high.
In fact, due to changes in the epidemic situation in Beijing, many vegetable markets have been closed, and “ordering takeaways” from chain brand supermarkets has become an important channel for citizens to buy fresh food ingredients and even daily necessities. The increase in Carrefour Maliandao's take-out orders is a microcosm of recent major supermarket stores in Beijing.
It is understood that since the 13th, many well-known supermarket chains including Jingkelong, Carrefour, Huaguan Supermarket, etc., have seen a significant increase in the number of take-out orders in the Beijing area, and many store orders have doubled their usual orders. "These supermarket chains have their own purchase channels and are less affected by the shutdown of the vegetable market."
"In order to ensure the safe supply of the people's dining table, we also communicated with the chain supermarkets and fresh ingredients retailers on the platform on the same day to ensure that the products on sale came from formal channels and strictly implemented the relevant inspection and quarantine regulations." Meituan flash purchase The head of the supermarket industry said.
How to safely "order takeaway"
How to ensure the safety of takeaway food? The person in charge of Meituan's takeaway told reporters from China News Service that in terms of epidemic prevention of riders, the platform started from the aspects of distribution stations, epidemic prevention equipment, knowledge popularization, and security plans, and strengthened the protection measures and epidemic awareness of distributed riders. Upgrade the distribution site to eliminate killing and health monitoring.
In order to ensure the safety of meals, Meituan has implemented transparent tracking on all lines, and continues to implement "contactless peace of mind delivery". Users can negotiate with riders to place meals at designated locations to avoid face-to-face contact. The platform also presents the safety protection information such as the health status of chefs, packers, riders and the disinfection of meal boxes to users in the form of electronic cards more transparently, enabling the visualization and traceability of food safety information throughout the process.
"It is recommended that practitioners and food delivery employees in Beijing's catering industry conduct nucleic acid detection in a unified manner, strengthen self-examination, ensure food safety, and eliminate consumer concerns." Fu Hua, a professor at the School of Public Health of Fudan University, told reporters at China News Service that this would also eliminate consumers Order takeaway concerns.
Fu Hua suggested that restaurants on take-out platforms need to be tested by nucleic acid to prove the health and safety of employees and dishes. Take-out platforms should also set up health logo areas for each restaurant on the webpage, so that people can buy with confidence. (Finish)