"Pat cucumber" here is a rhetorical metonymy, which refers to the behavior of selling and selling cold food. Food safety relates to people's life, health and safety, which is highly sensitive and extremely important. It is undoubtedly necessary to strengthen food safety supervision. However, strengthening supervision does not mean severe punishment. Under the background of building a country ruled by law in an all-round way, the supervision behavior of administrative organs needs to follow the basic principles of administration according to law, and the decision on administrative punishment should be legal and reasonable, and should also conform to the general cognition of the public.
One: Why is it illegal to shoot cucumbers?
1: And many regulatory authorities punish "cucumber patting" for "operating beyond the scope". Take-away cold dishes have also been explicitly included in the scope of supervision. The reporter of Beiqing Daily learned that according to the "Regulations on Food Safety Management of Online Catering Services" implemented in April this year, it is clear that take-away merchants should provide meals in accordance with "approved business projects and must not operate beyond the scope".
2. Cold dishes are actually a high-risk point of food safety in restaurants. Most cold dishes do not undergo high-temperature sterilization, and food safety hazards are more likely to occur if they are not handled well, so the requirements for hygiene and food quality are higher than those for hot dishes. According to the relevant requirements, the restaurant should have a room dedicated to making cold dishes, with special personnel, special rooms, special appliances, special disinfection, special refrigerators and so on. There are even special requirements for the temperature between cold dishes, freezer temperature, disinfection methods and indicators, water consumption, food storage, and even food delivery routes.
Legal basis:
Article 38 of the Measures for the Investigation and Punishment of Internet Food Safety Violations stipulates that: in violation of the provisions of Article 16 of these measures, food producers and operators who enter the Internet fail to obtain food production and operation licenses according to law, or sell food beyond the permitted categories, and food operators engage in food business beyond the permitted business scope, they shall be punished in accordance with the provisions of Article 122 of the Food Safety Law.
Article 122 of the Food Safety Law stipulates that illegal income, food additives, tools, equipment, raw materials and other items used for illegal production and operation shall be confiscated by the food safety supervision and administration department of the people's government at or above the county level; If the value of food and food additives illegally produced and operated is less than 1 10,000 yuan, a fine of more than 50,000 yuan110,000 yuan will be imposed; If the value of goods is more than 1 10,000 yuan, a fine of more than 10 and less than 20 times shall be imposed.