It is a care for market vitality. Guangming Daily: Unleash the management of "patting cucumbers" | Food | Market
In order to further standardize the management of food business licenses and records, strengthen the supervision and management of food business safety, and implement the main responsibilities of food operators, the State Administration for Market Regulation recently issued the "Measures for the Management of Food Business Licenses and Records", which will be implemented from December 1, 2023. Among them, focusing on the difficulties and bottlenecks reported by enterprises, simplified regulations have been made for the production and sale of simple foods such as cucumbers and tea making.
For a period of time, cases of restaurants in various places being fined for "slapping cucumbers" violations have been frequently searched, which has triggered social discussions on whether the relevant market management rules are reasonable. Under such a realistic background, the "measures" make provisions to simplify the license for the production and sale of simple foods such as cucumbers and tea, which can be said to echo the business characteristics and social expectations of the food industry in a practical and realistic manner. it effectively balances the relationship between ensuring food safety and enhancing the vitality of the main body of the market.
Ensuring food safety is the legal responsibility of all food operators, and it is also the bottom line that food business activities must abide. At the same time, the relevant market management should also proceed from reality, grasp the reasonable boundary, and ensure that the management should be well managed and put in place, and those that should be put to the market should also be put in place. Once the border is disordered and too mechanical, it will not only not help food safety, but may also bring unnecessary restrictions to normal business activities, and even "accidentally hurt" market vitality. The "Measures" optimized the relevant rules in a timely manner in response to feedback from social hotspots, reflecting the regulatory stance based on reality, and also demonstrating tolerance and care for market vitality.
In fact, loosening the "cucumber" is only one of the highlights of this "method. Adhering to the problem orientation and responding to the expectations of the grassroots are directly reflected in many provisions. For example, the classification of food business license items and main business formats is reorganized, and the specific classification situation and licensing and supervision requirements are clarified for each category, which enhances the operability; in accordance with the relevant requirements of the Administrative Punishment Law, according to the facts and nature of the illegal acts, The circumstances and the degree of social harm, set different penalties, and set flexible measures such as ordering corrections within a time limit.
In response to changes in social consumer demand, the current food business forms are constantly enriched. If some innovative business models are fully regulated in accordance with the existing management rules, it will inevitably cause discomfort-it may not be able to achieve the purpose of regulation, but may also inhibit market innovation. enthusiasm. Therefore, it is indeed necessary to reorganize the classification of food business license items and main business formats with the times, and to clarify the specific regulatory requirements accordingly. It is the need to improve the effectiveness of supervision and promote the development of industry standards, and it is also to ensure the industry. The inherent requirement of innovation vitality. According to the specific situation, setting penalties of different ranges and adopting flexible supervision to avoid "one penalty" and "small mistakes and heavy penalties" also reflect the balance between "strict management" and "love. This point should be reiterated and adhered to in the context of the increasing importance of stabilizing employment and preserving market players.
On the basis of promoting the information construction of food business license and filing, the measures further simplify the process of food business license, reduce the time limit for license processing, and adjust some of them into reports according to the situation of license management, so as to release the reform dividend. For example, the license processing period is reduced from the original maximum of 30 working days to 15; it is allowed to issue food business licenses to new formats such as automatic food manufacturing and sales equipment. These are aimed at the actual needs of the main body of the market to further optimize the business environment, help to reduce the pressure of the main body of the market, but also provide convenience for the development of new business type, expand the space.
Innovation and change are the eternal laws of the market. Efficient supervision is to comply with this law, maximize advantages and avoid disadvantages, and constantly strive to create a healthy environment for the innovation and development of market entities. The promulgation of the "Measures" has taken a positive step in this regard. It will inject new vitality into the market through system optimization and enhance the development confidence of market entities. In terms of implementation, all parties should also deliver relevant benefits to market entities in a timely manner without compromise, so that reform dividends and market vitality can continue to be released.
