Food Safety Administration: Live-Commerce Platforms Generating Over 5 Million CNY in Food Sales per Year Should Appoint Food Safety Manager

Gralon 8th, August | The Food Safety Administration publicly sought opinions on the "Regulations for Supervising Food Safety Subjective Responsibility Management of Live Commerce" (Draft) and proposed that live-commerce platforms providing food trading services should establish a comprehensive food safety management system, implement food safety responsibility, and appoint food safety personnel with relevant expertise. Specifically, it is suggested that main responsible persons, food safety managers, and food safety staff should have clearly defined job duties. Food safety managers and staff should possess relevant food safety management capabilities. Live-commerce platforms generating over 5 million CNY in food sales per year should appoint a food safety manager.