Many places in Jiangsu have launched a new model of food safety supervision

Takeaway brother incarnates food safety "whistleblower"

  News from this newspaper (Reporter Huang Hongtao) If the takeaway brother finds hidden food safety problems such as dirty and messy kitchens in the restaurant during the delivery process, he can take photos in time to report it to the liaison of the local market supervision department.

A few days ago, the market supervision departments of Nanjing, Wuxi and other places in Jiangsu innovatively launched new measures for food safety supervision, giving the takeaway brother a new identity: food safety supervisor.

  Recently, the Tongjiang Branch of the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Liangxi District, Wuxi City received a report from a delivery boy who reported that the environment in the back kitchen operation room of a restaurant was dirty and chaotic.

Law enforcement officers rushed to the scene to check and found that, as the takeaway brother said, there were many safety and hygiene problems in the restaurant, so they ordered the business to suspend business in accordance with the procedures, and put forward a request for rectification. The restaurant involved will be rescheduled to the shelves after the rectification has passed.

  "The delivery guy has direct dealings with catering businesses every day. We encourage the delivery guy to act as a 'whistleblower', and in the process of picking up meals, he will give us timely feedback on some hidden food safety hazards discovered, so that we can deal with them in a timely manner and form a society. Supervision, industry supervision, and administrative law enforcement supervision will work together to further improve the overall food safety level of the takeaway catering industry." said the relevant person in charge of the Liangxi District Market Supervision Bureau.

  In addition to Wuxi, the Nanjing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau has been exploring the social co-governance model for food safety since 2019, recruiting food safety volunteers from the society to supervise the food safety around them. At present, there are nearly 7,000 members.

Recently, the market supervision department has started a pilot program to include the takeaway brother into the volunteer team.

At present, more than 2,000 delivery boys in Yuhuatai District, Nanjing have been included in the team of food safety supervisors.

  "In addition to recruiting takeaway brothers to become food safety volunteers, we have also taken a number of innovative measures to ensure the long-term operation of the volunteer team and the efficient development of volunteer activities." The relevant person in charge of the Nanjing Municipal Market Supervision Bureau introduced that the Nanjing Municipal Food Safety Office developed The "Ning Shi An" WeChat applet has established an online management platform for food safety volunteers. Through the applet, volunteers can sign up for activities, sign in and sign out, and obtain points according to the service time. Food practitioners can participate in online training. The masses and businesses can "initiate wishes" and "publish resources", and can also post comments and make suggestions... The platform has set up a "rewards and courtesy" function, which will give discounts to volunteers who have served a certain period of time or exchange for catering vouchers, scenic spots Tickets and other benefits form a virtuous circle of positive feedback and social incentives.

  Since the beginning of this year, Nanjing has carried out more than 130 various food safety voluntary service activities, and organized special activities such as "takeaway boy information" and "food safety competition", volunteers have become popular science publicity, hidden danger investigation, epidemic prevention and control. , social supervision and other important forces.