Primary and secondary schools and kindergartens are not allowed to prepare and sell cold meat, raw food, laminating cakes, and high-risk foods such as string beans, fresh cauliflower, wild mushrooms and sprouted potatoes.

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The Ministry of Education, the General Administration of Market Supervision, and the National Health and Health Commission have recently issued a notice to strengthen the management of school canteens in terms of health, safety and nutritional health. The notice requires that school canteens operate independently in principle, and schools that contract or entrust the operation of canteens to external parties should fully listen to the views of the parents' committee or the student representative assembly and the staff representative assembly.

School food safety is related to students' health and life safety, family happiness and social stability. To standardize the construction of canteens, the use of the Internet and other means to achieve "bright kitchen", school canteens and toxic and harmful places and other sources of pollution to maintain a prescribed distance, canteen water should be in line with the national drinking water hygiene standards, fly-proof, rodent-proof and insect-proof facilities in good condition.

School canteens operate independently in principle, should obtain a food business license. Contracted or commissioned to operate the cafeteria school, according to the local relevant departments of the management regulations, fully listen to the parents' committee or student council, staff council, openly select the social reputation of the catering service units or catering management company, according to the law to sign a contract.

Schools choosing off-campus catering units should establish and improve the introduction and exit mechanism, and select on the basis of merit. The implementation of the main responsibility for food safety is not in place, repeated food safety accidents and other contracted or commissioned operators, the school should terminate the contract in a timely manner, and notify the local education, market supervision and other departments.

All localities and schools should strictly control food, raw materials and tableware procurement channels, the implementation of the purchase inspection record system, prohibit the purchase and use of products that are prohibited by the state or do not meet food safety standards, primary and secondary schools and kindergartens are not allowed to produce and sell cold meat, raw food, laminating cakes, as well as seasonal beans, fresh cauliflower, wild mushrooms, sprouted potatoes and other high-risk food.

Localities and schools should strengthen cold chain food safety management to ensure food traceability. School canteens of food, raw materials should be divided into separate shelves and classified, stored away from walls and floors, following the principle of first in, first out, first use. Processing food containers and tools according to the logo to distinguish between the use of raw and cooked to ensure separation.