Multiple restaurants "shoot cucumber" was fined 5,000 yuan, selling cold dishes also need a license? The fine is not too heavy?

In late July, several restaurants in Hefei, Anhui Province, because of the failure to obtain the qualification of cold food business to sell gazpacho was fined. Among them, a store in Baohu District was penalized with a 5,000 yuan fine for selling cold cucumbers on takeaway software without a qualification certificate; a restaurant in Luyang District was also fined 5,000 yuan for selling cold cucumbers online. The relevant information invites netizens to wonder, selling cold vegetables also need a license? A slap cucumber on the fine of 5,000, is not too heavy?

01 fine is not too heavy

In the afternoon of July 27, Hefei City Market Supervision Bureau of Food Service Safety Supervision Division Minister Dai Furong said in an interview with local news media reporter, restaurant service providers in the application for food business license to apply for the scope of business, if the manufacture of gazpacho need to have cold food manufacturing approval. It can be seen that restaurants selling cold dishes must be licensed, which is stipulated.

For this matter, Dai Furong also made a statement, due to cold drinks food safety risk is relatively high, easy to grow microbial strains, so the process of processing management regulations are strict. In order to prevent contamination by microorganisms, the provisions of the need to have a special room to minimize the environment caused by contamination, such as production.

This point, some netizens expressed understanding, feel that the cold dishes for strict control is not wrong, because the production and processing stage of cold dishes, if not environmental hygiene, there is indeed a risk of disease entering by the mouth.

What netizens do not understand is that the relevant provisions of the more stringent, for example, cold drinks manufacturing general requirements to have a no less than 5 square meters for the production of gazpacho "room", but also need to have a second change of clothes hand-washing equipment, special rooms need to be independent of the central air-conditioning, the need for air disinfection equipment and so on. Netizens believe that such requirements of the general small stores are likely to be unable to achieve.

In fact, this is where the hood of the small restaurant. Dai Furong showed that "many small and medium-sized restaurants in real life usually cannot meet the acceptance requirements." And did not pass the acceptance, which means that the scope of the business license does not have a cold drink category business scope, if the actual operation of the cold dishes, you will encounter the risk of being punished.

How can this difference be resolved, and can the regulations be liberalized to liberalize the acceptance of the project? This is a problem. If you can not liberalize the product implementation standards, the violation of the matter, and can liberalize the punishment?

02 sell gazpacho also need a license

Sell gazpacho was fined 5,000 yuan caused a sensation, in this audit to the people will have the suspicion of making a fuss, due to the suspected gazpacho value of goods is not too high, the amount of the penalty is much higher than the profitability of the amount.

In 2017, Huangpu District, Guangzhou City, a hot pot restaurant for selling "shoot cucumber" cold dishes, was collected 21 days earned 139 yuan, while being notified of the administrative license of more than 10,000 yuan, triggered netizens heated debate. Huangpu District Food and Drug Administration therefore replied that the penalty credit is not equivalent to the size of the sales amount, punishment is carried out in accordance with the law. Because the hot pot franchise "food business license" in the note name project, and does not include the practice of cold dish production and processing market sales, there are indeed food safety hazards, punishment is to ensure safe production.

See, illegal operation of gazpacho was punished, there are examples, is not a new play. Some netizens said, shoot cucumber also on the hot list, really is a slap on the wrist. Say strange are not strange, the authorities are acting according to the rules. Provisions are not strange, is to ensure food hygiene and safety. Shooting cucumbers on the headlines, who should shoot awake. Should be shot to wake up operators and managers.

For operators, since there are regulations, can only act according to the regulations. For example, if at the beginning of the catering industry does not have a new project of cold drinks, but also in the manufacture of cold dishes before applying for a change in the scope of business, so that they comply with the regulations, if not, do not exceed the scope of business. On the other hand, the authorities should also change the idea of penalizing instead of managing, for small catering establishments, why not do a better job beforehand in the work of the service project tips, so that operators act in accordance with the regulations. Small business is not easy, a penalty for no reason, and not a solution to the difficulties of the law.

Dai Furong showed that in the usual restaurant safety management, will encounter a lot of smaller restaurants due to factors such as unaware of the phenomenon of no cold drinks manufacturing approval to make cold dishes, "we will follow the plan to use the principle of soft handling, warning and responsibility for change." Such a "courtesy", when it should be the way of management. What do you think about this?