Report from our newspaper (Reporter Wang Wei) "Our New Year's Eve 'New Year's Eve Dinner' lunch and dinner private rooms are fully booked, and there are only a small number of private rooms for dinner reservations from the first to fifth day of the new year. This year's 'New Year's Eve Dinner' is booming. Let the catering people see hope." Yesterday, Zhou Zechun, general manager of Beijing District of Tongqinglou, a time-honored Chinese brand, told a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily.

Facing the return of the "New Year's Eve dinner" after the gradual recovery of consumption this year, the city's market supervision department started to carry out special inspections in advance.

In the past few days, law enforcement officers have thoroughly investigated the situation of "New Year's Eve dinner" orders received by various catering companies in the jurisdiction, so that they know what they are doing; they walk into the back kitchen to check the purchase of raw materials and the use of food additives; Illegal fees and other illegal charges, to protect the "new year taste on the tip of the tongue" for the citizens.

  At 10:30 yesterday morning, a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily followed law enforcement officers from the Jianguomen Sub-district Office of the Dongcheng District Market Supervision Bureau into Tongqinglou (Jinbaohui) to check the preparations for the "New Year's Eve dinner".

The food safety information bulletin board at the entrance displays information such as the company's "Food Business License", the health certificates of employees, and the food safety administrators in the store.

"Food safety is no small matter, and all these public information must be disclosed to consumers." Deputy Director Niu Yulong said.

  Later, the law enforcement officers went into the back kitchen of Tongqing Building to inspect the food raw material purchase inspection and certificate and ticket system, reminding the merchants to regularly clean up the food in stock, and strictly prohibiting the use of expired food or spoiled food.

The cold dish production room has the highest regulatory standards in the catering and food inspections. Everyone who enters the cold dish room has strict dress code and disinfection requirements. When entering the door, wash hands and disinfect, hats, gloves, masks, etc. are also required; On the Internet, the Beiqing Daily reporter also saw various records, such as raw material procurement change records, cold storage temperature records, cold vegetable fruit and vegetable room disinfection records, and cold storage raw material entry and exit ledgers.

"Every item must be clear. Look at this, the changes in raw material stocking can be recorded and updated in time, and the work of the merchant is very meticulous." Niu Yulong said.

After inspecting the back kitchen, Niu Yulong and his colleagues also checked the booking status of the New Year’s Eve dinner in Tongqinglou, and especially made statistics on the on-the-job status of employees during the festival, reminding the enterprise to scientifically evaluate the reception capacity and avoid receiving meals beyond the processing capacity.

  Zhou Zechun told the Beijing Youth Daily reporter that at present, reservations for "New Year's Eve dinner" in Tongqinglou (Jinbaohui store) are very popular. In order to give back to consumers, they have launched packages with various prices ranging from 600 yuan to 1,000 yuan, and consumers can also make reservations. At the same time, this year they also launched a "New Year's Eve dinner" takeaway set meal and a family banquet gift box of pre-made dishes to meet the needs of different consumers in an all-round way.

  A reporter from the Beiqing Daily learned that the Dongcheng District Market Supervision Bureau launched the food safety inspection of the catering link during the 2023 Spring Festival on January 11, focusing on special supervision and inspection of catering companies that provide "New Year's Eve dinner" services. At the same time as the inspection, the store's name, address, business scope, license qualification and other information on the food delivery platform are simultaneously checked, and the online and offline operations of catering units are urged to be consistent, and "ghost restaurants" and online over-licensed operations are strictly investigated.