Located in Longming Road, Xinzhuang Town, Hengyuan Xinguangli is about to open to the public, and one of the Japanese-style Shanghai-style restaurants has recently successfully obtained a new version of the food business license issued by the Minhang District Market Supervision Bureau. It is reported that this is the first batch of food business licenses issued by the city after the implementation of the "Shanghai Food Business Licensing and Filing Management Implementation Measures", including the production and sale of cold food (only simple production and sales).
According to the requirements of the "Implementation Measures for the Administration of Food Business Licensing and Filing in Shanghai", which came into effect on May 10, the catering service operator's business project has added a bracket after the production of cold food after the sale: (only simple production and sale). It was this bracket and the content in the brackets that made the stone in the heart of the store manager Wang Hongjie fall to the ground. You know, in the early days, due to the limited cost, he almost gave up because of a 10-square-meter special room.
The story starts a few months ago, when Wang Hongjie, a food exploration blogger, decided to transform and planned to open his own "roast bird shop", but when the shop was in place, he found that it was much more difficult than imagined to "shoot cucumbers" in the store legally and compliantly.
According to the original regulations, the production and sale of cold food, to apply for the corresponding business project license, through the approval of the conditions to be met include the establishment of a special room with a secondary changing room, the secondary changing room to be equipped with a pool, ultraviolet disinfection lamp, special air conditioning, etc., the special room to be equipped with ultraviolet disinfection equipment, pool, water purification equipment, etc.
"If you want to meet the conditions, you have to rent more than ten square meters of space to set up special rooms and add equipment. I only make cold cucumbers, salted edamame, and fruit and vegetable salad, which is really unnecessary. Wang Hongjie said frankly, according to the existing layout of the store, it is difficult to open up more than ten square meters of space, even if there is a place to do a special room, with the current rent, the cost of occupying the site alone is more than 30,000 yuan a year, and all kinds of supporting equipment and facilities will be prepared, and another tens of thousands of yuan will be invested. ”
Focusing on the blocking points and difficulties reflected by enterprises, the "Administrative Measures for Food Business Licensing and Filing" announced by the State Administration for Market Regulation will come into force on December 1, 2023, which includes provisions for the "relaxation" of simple food production and sales behaviors such as "patting cucumbers": If food business operators engage in simple production and sales with low food safety risks such as thawing, simple heating, preparation, combination, plating, washing and cutting, the local market supervision and management departments at or above the county level may appropriately simplify the review of equipment and facilities, special areas, etc.
"On the basis of the relevant policies of the State Administration for Market Regulation, the measures recently implemented in Shanghai have been further refined." Xu Xuelian, deputy head of the registration and licensing section of the Minhang District Market Supervision Bureau, said that although the State Administration for Market Regulation has clarified which processing behaviors belong to simple production and sales with low food safety risks, in actual operation, the dish of "shooting cucumbers" involves multiple processes such as washing and cutting, plating, adding and seasoning, and whether it is a simple production and sale still has to be questioned.
The "Implementation Measures for the Administration of Food Business Licensing and Filing in Shanghai", which has been implemented recently, directly "one-step", clarifying that only the processing and production of plant-based cold food (excluding non-fermented soy products) can apply for simple production and sales business projects. To put it bluntly, it is clear which dishes are simple production and sale, and there will be no "ambiguity" in the approval of the grassroots market supervision department.
On May 14, the reporter saw in the store that Wang Hongjie was squeezing tahini and tomato sauce on cucumbers cut into strips or round slices. He happily introduced the current cold vegetable processing area to reporters: "As long as there is a special operating table, pool, water purification equipment, and meet a few conditions such as staying away from the sewer ditch, you can do it with confidence." ”
"In our follow-up daily supervision, we will also focus on the key aspects of this restaurant, such as whether the special area is dedicated, and whether the cutting and mixing of plant-based cold dishes is carried out in the special area. In terms of supervision, adhering to the idea of leniency and strict management, the follow-up will strengthen the corresponding supervision of catering households with similar business projects to ensure the safety of people's meals. Tang Luyi, deputy director of the Xinzhuang Institute of the Minhang District Market Supervision Bureau, said.
There is always room for further optimization of the business environment, even if it is a seemingly inconspicuous small project such as "cucumber shooting", a small adjustment of the approval and supervision gesture is enough to affect the fate of many catering service operators.
No longer bothered by the high threshold, there are also KTV, tea rooms and other business operators, who process and make fruit and vegetable platters, they can also apply for simple production and sales business projects, and there is no need to set up a special room for this.
Source: Minhang Today