On July 12, 2023, the State Administration of Market Regulation announced the "Measures for the Administration of Food Business License and Filing" (hereinafter referred to as the "Measures"), which revised the current "Measures for the Administration of Food Business License" and the new regulations will be implemented from December 1, 2023.

A major highlight of the new regulations is Article 14 of the Measures, which simplifies the licensing regulations for the production and sale of simple foods such as cucumbers and tea making. Clearly, if food operators engage in simple food safety risks such as thawing, simple heating, mixing, combination, plate placement, washing and cutting, etc., local market supervision and management departments at or above the county level can appropriately ensure food safety while ensuring food safety.Simplify the review content of equipment and facilities, specialized areas, etc. Engaged in raw food, cold processed pastries.The provisions of the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the production and sale of high-risk foods such as cold meat products

This regulation will solve the long-standing problem of "high priced cucumbers" that has plagued restaurants. According to incomplete reports, more than 1000 restaurants across the country have been subject to administrative penalties for selling cold dishes such as "patting cucumbers" and "cold mixed cucumbers" without a license, with penalties ranging from 500 to 5000 yuan, and there have even been cases of fines exceeding 10000 yuan. The simple cold dish of "patting cucumbers" has also been on the hot search for many times, which also provides an opportunity for Debunker to make profits.

Before the introduction of the "Simplified License" regulation, the business items of the "Food Business License" for catering units must include the "production and sale of cold food" item, otherwise it will be considered as beyond the scope of operation. In reality, there are extremely high requirements for those who have obtained the qualification to operate cold food, with tens of thousands of yuan invested in just one set of equipment. Ordinary restaurants simply cannot afford this.

As is well known, "patting cucumbers" is an ordinary home cooked dish. The ban on the freedom to "shoot cucumbers" in restaurants due to strict law enforcement violates the principle of proportionality in administrative law enforcement. The introduction of the new regulations has given a positive signal to the market economy and business environment, and also demonstrated the principle of fair punishment. It has effectively addressed the livelihood dilemma of the people by addressing this detail issue.

In addition, the demonstration value of the new regulations is extremely strong, which can reduce the costs of a large number of small and medium-sized catering entrepreneurs. This people-oriented regulation and law enforcement are also widely expected, reasonably safeguarding the rights and interests of all parties in society. Taking advantage of the new regulations, the private economy represented by the catering industry is also expected to gradually recover. How to implement the new regulations in the next step requires more specific policies from relevant departments.

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1. Sell "patting cucumbers" and finally don't have to worry about being punished

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/G36egyjOSVhH6NAXLko92Q

2. Regarding "patting cucumbers", the Municipal Supervision and Administration of China has issued the latest regulations

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/XK2mBkE42vyZ7xLqeen5IA

3. Officially, restaurant owners are no longer afraid of 'patting cucumbers'! Thousands of stores have been fined,

There are even "father son files" claiming compensation throughout the city

https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/Wv-0NH5oEzn

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