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    Notice of Zhuhai Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau on Further Regulating Salt Business Behavior

    • Last Update: 2022-10-12
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    In accordance with the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, the Measures for the Monopoly of Salt, the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Salt Quality and Safety, and other relevant provisions, in order to further standardize the order of salt business in our city, strengthen the management of salt monopoly, strengthen the supervision of the salt market, and ensure the supply and quality and safety of salt, the following notice is hereby issued on matters related to regulating the salt business behavior in our city:
     
    1.
    Strictly implement the fixed-point wholesale system of table salt
     
    Engaging in salt wholesale activities shall obtain a salt designated wholesale enterprise certificate and a food business license in accordance with law, and non-salt designated wholesale enterprises shall not engage in salt wholesale business
    .
     
    Second, strictly control the retail purchase of salt
     
    Salt retailers should purchase salt from salt production and wholesale enterprises
    .
    To engage in salt retail activities, a food business license
    shall be obtained in accordance with law.
     
    Third, strengthen the traceability management of salt management
     
    Salt operators should check the designated wholesale qualification of the salt supply, and obtain relevant tickets (salt wholesale qualification certificate, inspection report, purchase ticket, etc.
    ) from the supplier and keep it for future reference, to ensure that the source can be traced, the flow direction can be traced, and it is strictly forbidden to purchase salt
    from illegal channels.

    Fourth, strictly control the safety of salt sales
     
    It is forbidden for any or individual to operate salt that does not meet food safety standards, it is forbidden to sell non-edible salt such as industrial salt as table salt, and it is forbidden to use non-iodized salt as iodized salt
    .
     
    Fifth, strict safety management of salt for processing
     
    Salt processing such as pickled brine products, ordinary food processing, catering food services, centralized dining canteens, etc.
    , shall be purchased from salt designated production and wholesale enterprises or salt
    retailers.
    It is strictly forbidden to purchase salt products from illegal channels, it is strictly forbidden to purchase, store and use bulk table salt, and it is strictly forbidden to use non-edible salt for processing and making food
    .
     
    Sixth, standardize the labeling of salt packaging
     
    It is forbidden to sell table salt
    that is not labeled or whose labels do not comply with laws, regulations, rules and food safety standards.
    Iodized table salt should be clearly marked and indicate the content
    of iodine.
    Labels of uniodized table salt should prominently mark the words "uniodized"
    .
     
    7.
    Regulate salt e-commerce operations
     
    Enterprises and individuals without a salt designated wholesale enterprise certificate must not carry out salt e-commerce
    .
    E-commerce platform operators shall check the relevant designated wholesale qualifications of sales entities, and urge them to publicize the certificate
    of designated salt wholesale enterprise in a conspicuous position on the main page of business activities.
    If it is found that the salt sales entities on its platform do not have the designated wholesale qualification for table salt, they shall immediately stop providing services for them
    .
     
    8.
    Relevant legal liabilities
     
    (1) Penalties shall be given in accordance with Article 123 of the Food Safety Law for acts that endanger food safety, such as using non-edible salt such as industrial salt as table salt; Where the circumstances are serious, the permit shall be revoked and the public security organ may impose a detention of not less than five days but not more than fifteen days; The basis of the suspected crime is the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Handling of Criminal Cases Endangering Food Safety (Fashi [2021] No.
    24) to distinguish between different situations, and to convict and punish for the crime of producing or selling food that does not meet safety standards or the crime of producing or selling toxic or harmful food, and pursue criminal responsibility
    .
     
    (2) In accordance with Article 26 of the Measures for the Monopoly of Salt, the competent departments for salt industry of local people's governments at or above the county level shall ban the conduct of non-designated salt wholesale enterprises engaged in salt wholesale business, and confiscate the salt and illegal gains from illegal
    production and operation.
    Where the value of salt produced and operated illegally is less than 10,000 yuan, a fine of not more than 50,000 yuan may be imposed; Where the value of the goods is more than 10,000 yuan, a fine of not less than 5 times but not more than 10 times the value of the goods shall be imposed
    .
     
    (3) For the act of salt retailers purchasing salt from outside designated salt wholesale enterprises or individuals, in accordance with Article 28 of the "Salt Monopoly Measures", the competent department of the salt industry of the local people's government at or above the county level shall order corrections and confiscate the illegally purchased salt, and may be fined not
    more than 3 times the value of the illegally purchased salt.
     
    (4) The market supervision and management department at or above the county level shall punish
    the conduct of engaging in salt production and business activities without obtaining a food production and operation license in accordance with the provisions of Article 122 of the Food Safety Law.
     
    (5) The market supervision and management departments at or above the county level shall punish
    the operation of table salt that is mixed with foreign matter in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of article 124 of the Food Safety Law.
     
    (6) Salt that is not labeled for business or whose labeling does not comply with laws, regulations, rules, and food safety standards
    .
    Or if the label of iodized table salt does not indicate the content of iodine, the market supervision and management department at or above the county level shall punish it
    in accordance with the provisions of the first paragraph of Article 125 of the Food Safety Law.
     
    (7) Where salt is sold in bulk for retail sale, or where catering service providers procure, store, or use bulk salt, the market supervision and management department at or above the county level shall, in accordance with Article 24 of the Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Salt Quality and Safety, order corrections by the market supervision and management department at the county level or above; Those who refuse to make corrections shall be given a warning and fined between
    5,000 and 30,000 yuan.
     
    (8) The market supervision and management department at or above the county level shall, in accordance with Article 126 of the Food Safety Law, order corrections and give warnings to salt business operators for their failure to perform their obligation to inspect incoming goods; Those who refuse to make corrections shall be fined not less than 5,000 yuan but not more than 50,000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, order the suspension of production and business until the license
    is revoked.
     
    Here, solemnly remind the city salt wholesale, retail and salt processing, in line with the attitude of maintaining food safety and law-abiding operation, conscientiously fulfill the main responsibility of food safety, actively carry out self-examination and self-correction, and strictly regulate salt business and salt processing
    .
    The city's market supervision departments at all levels will further strengthen the supervision and law enforcement of the salt market, and those who still fail to rectify after the reminder and confession will be strictly investigated and dealt with according to law, and typical cases with serious circumstances and bad nature will be publicly exposed
    through the news media.
     
    Welcome the general public to actively supervise, if you find salt-related violations, please call 12345 in time to report complaints
    .
     
    Zhuhai Municipal Administration of Market Regulation
     
    September 28, 2022
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