FDA targets unlicensed food sellers
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Shanghai’s food safety watchdog will crack down this year on unlicensed restaurants doing business via online food delivery platforms, according to a senior official.
Yan Zuqiang, director of the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration, said some eateries listed on popular online food delivery platforms like ele.me and dianping.com are not licensed to do business and also lack required certificates for their kitchen staff.
Family kitchens selling baked goods, snacks and other food items via WeChat also pose similar food safety and licensing problems, he said.
“Small-scale eateries can hardly meet the hygiene standards or receive business credentials, so they should be cracked down upon,” Yan said.
Shanghai Comsumer Rights Protection Commision has already carried out an investigation into 100 eateries listed on online food delivery platforms in response to “a growing number” of complaints from consumers. Of this group, 80 percent were found to be violating industry regulations.
A bakery called C-Cake in Baoshan District, for instance, was accused of holding “fake” hygiene certificates. Several Cantonese and Japanese food restaurant listed on dianwoba.com were also accused of listing nonexistent addresses on their web pages.
Employers are suggested to set up canteens for their white-collar workers so that they don’t have to order food from potentially unlicensed eateries, Yan said. Local companies can also order food from authorized delivery providers with central kitchens as well as temperature controlled delivery services, he added.
The administration punished 31,000 local eateries for violating industry regulations in 2015, double the number punished in 2014, according to the annual food safety white book issued recently by the administration.
Local police also took into custody some 559 suspects in 304 food safety cases last year, double the number of suspects from the prior year, the report also said.
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