Prevent Food-borne Infectious Diseases and Implement Food Safety Inspection

Summer is a high incidence period of food safety accidents, and foodborne diseases have entered a high incidence period. In order to ensure food safety in summer, Xiamen market supervision department recently launched food safety supervision and inspection in summer throughout the city, strengthened the supervision and management of high-risk food, and prevented the spread of foodborne infectious diseases.

It is known that this inspection mainly focuses on the characteristics of short shelf life, perishable and seasonal food in summer, focusing on frozen drinks, quantitatively packaged goods, bread, snacks and other foods closely related to the daily consumption of the people, and is harmful to the discovery and operation, processing of counterfeit and inferior products, expired deterioration, toxicity and harmfulness. Those who commit illegal acts such as food will be severely punished.

In Jimei District, market supervisors and law enforcement officers focused on food production enterprises, small workshops, supermarkets, agricultural markets and so on. They strictly inspected the food production and processing environment, raw materials purchase inspection, additives use, cleaning and disinfection of tableware, food samples and other links. They produced and posted propaganda posters to supervise the food in their jurisdiction. Product operators strictly fulfill the main responsibility of food safety.

In Huli District, the law enforcement officers of the market supervision office in front of the palace have recently focused on the supervision and inspection of school canteens, unit canteens, and restaurants and restaurant operators in large-scale consumption places in the surrounding areas where the personnel density is relatively high.

In Xiang'an District, the inner squadron of Maxiang Market Supervision and Administration Bureau has recently carried out a special inspection of cold drinks in summer for supermarkets, ice cream wholesalers and drinks stores in its jurisdiction.

Market supervision department reminds the general public that more attention should be paid to dietary hygiene in summer. Food and meals should be purchased in legal places and invoices should be obtained. If food safety problems are found, complaints and reports can be made by calling 12315 or 12331.