The State Administration for Market Regulation (SAMR) has issued a Food Safety
Risk Control Checklist for online food sales, targeting three operator types:
live-stream e-commerce platform operators, third-party online food trading
platform providers, and online food-selling enterprises. For each entity the
checklist specifies control steps, risk points, control measures, control
targets and control frequency, providing an operational guide for precise
prevention of food-safety risks. The document is a key supporting instrument
implementing the Provisions on Supervision and Administration of Live-stream
E-commerce Operators' Implementation of the Main Responsibility for Food Safety
and the Provisions on Supervision and Administration of Online Food Sales
Operators' Implementation of the Main Responsibility for Food Safety, and
signals a shift in online food-safety regulation from baseline defence to
targeted, risk-oriented prevention. The checklist breaks the online food-sales
chain into minimal work units and aims to move firms from passive compliance
toward proactive risk control.
