Henan: Catering service employees wear masks to "enter the law"
From July 1st, those who refuse to wear masks will be fined
News from this newspaper (Reporter Yu Jiaxi Correspondent Wang Jianing) From July 1st, personnel engaged in catering services in Henan Province must wear masks in accordance with the requirements during work, otherwise they will be fined.
This is a newly issued regulation by Henan Province.
Recently, the Thirty-first Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth People's Congress of Henan Province passed the "Regulations on the Wearing of Masks by Catering Service Employee in Henan Province", which stipulates the scope of application, competent departments, the norms for employees to wear masks, and catering service providers. Obligations, punishment standards, etc. have been clearly explained.
"The introduction of this regulation is very necessary." said Yang Gang, the head chef of a restaurant in Zhengzhou City, "Our catering staff face the ingredients directly every day and wear masks, which will make the food operation process more standardized and safer." Many citizens also said , this regulation helps protect the health of consumers.
This regulation applies to catering service practitioners and catering service providers within the administrative region of Henan Province.
This provision is also applicable to the canteens of government agencies, schools, hospitals, enterprises, kindergarten and elderly care institutions and other units, as well as to central kitchens and collective meal delivery units.
The regulations require that catering service employees who are engaged in processing, production, delivery, distribution, take-out and other direct contact with imported food should wear a clean mask when working, and the mask should cover the mouth and nose; when the mask is dirty or damaged In such cases, it should be replaced in time.
Catering service providers shall provide free masks that meet relevant requirements for their catering service employees, and ensure that employees wear them in a standardized manner.
During the epidemic, catering service employees should wear masks in accordance with the requirements of epidemic prevention and control when working.
Those who refuse to wear masks will be fined clearly.
Catering service practitioners who fail to wear masks as required shall be ordered by the market supervision department of the people's government at the county level to make corrections; those who refuse to make corrections shall be fined not less than 50 yuan but not more than 100 yuan.
For catering service providers who have not fulfilled their management responsibilities and punished more than 3 employees in total, they will be criticized and fined between 1,000 yuan and 2,000 yuan.
If a catering service provider fails to provide free masks to the catering service employees of the unit in accordance with the regulations, the market supervision department of the people's government at the county level will order it to make corrections; if it refuses to make corrections, it will be notified of criticism and imposed a fine of not less than 2,000 yuan but not more than 5,000 yuan.
The reporter noticed that compared with the draft for comments, the penalty standard of this regulation has decreased.
According to reports, this is to give full play to the leading role of legislation.
The regulations focus on education and guidance for catering practitioners who fail to wear masks in accordance with regulations. After discovery, they will be ordered to make corrections. As long as they are corrected in time, they will not be punished.
For behaviors that refuse to make corrections and catering service providers fail to fulfill their management responsibilities, the legal responsibility setting is relatively light, and the emphasis is on guiding citizens to develop civilized behavior habits and form good social customs.
Relevant people said that the full text of this regulation is only 9 articles and 1121 words. It regulates the wearing of masks by catering service practitioners through "small incisions". ,crucial.