The State Council Food Safety Office issued a notice instructing local food and
drug safety offices to prioritize holiday food-safety risk prevention and urge
departments, platform operators and food producers to bolster controls and
fulfil safety responsibilities. It mandates integrated online/offline
supervision and stepped-up inspections focused on high-consumption holiday items
— rice, flour, cooking oil, meat, eggs, milk, mooncakes — as well as seasonal
and temperature-controlled foods, and increases oversight of bulk edible
agricultural product sales.
