The group standard of "Yangtze River Delta Prefabricated Dish Quality and Service Evaluation Specification" was officially released

On October 24, the "Yangtze River Delta Prefabricated Dish Quality and Service Evaluation Specification" jointly drafted by the Consumer Protection Commission of Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui City, catering industry associations and some leading enterprises of prefabricated dishes was released, which will be implemented
from December.
"Consumption and safety on the tip of the tongue" has always been a topic of concern for consumers, and the emerging industry of prepared dishes is no exception
.
Relying on the development of the prefabricated vegetable market in the Yangtze River Delta region, the Yangtze River Delta Consumer Protection Commission Alliance jointly drafted the "Yangtze River Delta Prefabricated Vegetable Quality and Service Evaluation Specification" with the catering industry associations of one city and three provinces in the Yangtze River Delta and some leading enterprises of prefabricated vegetables.
Strive to build a high-standard market and lead the development of
high-quality prepared dishes in the Yangtze River Delta region.

 

It is imperative to improve the standard system of pre-made dishes
.
Pre-made dishes refer to semi-finished or finished dishes formed by pretreatment, pickling or seasoning, cooking, etc.
of food raw materials, which as a convenient and fast consumer product has "flown into ordinary people's homes" and become a new favorite
on consumers' tables.
The rise of this industry, on the one hand, caters to consumers' pursuit of the "lazy economy", and on the other hand, it is also an important measure
for catering enterprises to actively open up new industries and seek new tracks under the normalization of the epidemic.
According to relevant statistics, the development level of prefabricated vegetable industry in Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui ranks in the forefront of the country, and the Yangtze River Delta region has formed a large-scale prefabricated vegetable development market and industrial advantages
.
However, with the rapid development of the prepared vegetable industry, due to the imperfect standard system and the inconsistent market norms of the industry, the mixed nature of the prepared vegetable market is inevitable, which also affects consumers' cognition, evaluation and choice
of prepared vegetables 。 On February 18 this year, the Consumer Protection Commission of Jiangsu Province released an investigation report based on the previous survey of the consumption of the prepared vegetable market in the province, which pointed out that there are five main problems in the current prepared vegetable industry: first, the food safety of prepared vegetables is not satisfactory, and some consumers have reported that the ingredients of prepared vegetables are not fresh and expired; Second, the taste of pre-made dishes needs to be improved, which does not meet consumer expectations; Third, the labeling information of pre-made dishes is incomplete, which cannot ensure the informed needs of consumers; Fourth, the types of prefabricated dishes are single, which is difficult to meet the diversified selection needs of consumers; Fifth, online is the main purchase channel for consumers, but slow logistics and distribution, and many problems with picking up goods affect consumers' purchase experience
.
These issues point to the need for the prepared vegetable industry to develop and improve standards
.
Only by formulating standards can enterprises develop products and expand markets according to consumer portraits and product positioning; Only by formulating standards can we prevent the situation
of uneven enterprises and bad money driving out good money.

 

Respond to the concerns of all parties and issue group standards
in a timely manner.
In view of the hot spots of consumer concern and the problems found in the survey, the group standard puts forward clear requirements from raw materials, processing, packaging, label identification, storage and distribution, reduction degree and food safety indicators, and adds four new highlights
in combination with the actual situation of the prepared vegetable market in the Yangtze River Delta.
First, from the perspective of protecting consumer rights and interests, further improve the dispute resolution mechanism
.
The standard not only requires operators to strengthen self-discipline, smooth communication channels, track user demands, improve consumer dispute resolution mechanisms and consumer evaluation mechanisms, and establish emergency handling plans for food safety accidents, but also encourages operators to accept other disciplines, consciously accept the supervision of all sectors of society and consumers, and actively cooperate with administrative supervision departments and consumer organizations to carry out their work
.
Second, from the perspective of environmental protection, encourage and advocate green and simple
packaging.
In addition to requiring that the packaging materials and containers of dishes should meet the relevant national standards, the standard also discusses the individual and overall packaging, such as the single piece of packaging should be tightly sealed and undamaged, the packaging box should be firm and complete, not easy to loosen, and actively respond to the national policy requirements on green and low-carbon circular development, encourage the use of environmentally friendly and degradable packaging materials
.
Third, from the perspective of protecting the right to know, the labeling norms are clarified
.
The standard requires that prepared vegetable enterprises should indicate the product name, production and processing information, eating method, storage method, shelf life and best tasting period, net content and ingredient information in a conspicuous position to ensure that consumers can have a general understanding
of the basic information of the prepared dishes they purchase.
Fourth, starting from the safety of transportation, reasonable requirements
are put forward for the storage and distribution of prefabricated dishes.
In terms of storage, the standard clarifies the storage and transportation temperature ranges of frozen, refrigerated and room temperature prepared dishes, and requires enterprises to clean up products close to or beyond the shelf life in time in accordance with food safety laws and regulations to avoid entering the market; In terms of distribution, in addition to the requirements for the health and hygiene of distribution personnel, cleaning and disinfection of distribution boxes (bags) and other tools, it is also required that the prefabricated dishes of direct entrance, indirect entrance, low temperature storage, and hot food distribution should be reasonably separated during the distribution process, and the delivery temperature and delivery time should meet food safety requirements
.

 

The release of the group standard "Yangtze River Delta Prepared Dish Quality and Service Evaluation Specification" will help guide the production and processing of prepared dishes by relevant enterprises in the Yangtze River Delta region, so that there are rules for quality and service evaluation, and promote the safe and sustainable development of the prepared vegetable industry by strengthening the guidance of standards, so as to ensure the stable and long-term
development of the industry 。 The Yangtze River Delta Consumer Protection Commission Alliance and the Catering Industry Association will do a good job in publicizing and promoting the group's standards, encourage more enterprises to implement the group standards, formulate implementation rules, ensure that the standards better serve the needs of prefabricated vegetable enterprises and industrial development, guide the healthy and orderly development of the prefabricated vegetable industry in the Yangtze River Delta region, and jointly protect the "safety on the tip of the tongue"
of consumers.