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Beilun to Construct Safe Campus “Food Circle”
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- Category: Ningbo District
- Published: Tuesday, 24 November 2015 09:17
100 percent of 129 school cafeterias in Beilun District hold Catering Service License and have staple food ingredients delivery (sentinel procurement), 90 percent of their food and food ingredients are traceable. Sources from Beilun District Food Safety Office said that since “Students Food Safety Project” is launched, a safe “food circle” has formed in Beilun.
What do students eat? Can the food safety be ensured? These are the most basic concerns of many parents. In 2013, Beilun District listed “Students Food Safety Project” as an important task for serving the public, made action program, clarified 10 priorities and implemented them to responsible units.
An Official from Beilun District Food Safety Office said Beilun District has energetically promoted the construction of the management project of primary and secondary school canteens and introduced a series of advanced management methods. Up to now, 96 school cafeterias of grade A and grade B have implemented “Five Regular Methods”, 58 school cafeterias have applied color coding management to their food processing areas, and 89 schools have built “Transparent Kitchen”. In addition, Control over the market access system and the source of staple food was strengthened.
It is learnt that supervision department will focus on reviewing food processing while schools in this district are built or rebuilt. In these three years, 122 school canteens with disordered procedures older facilities were reformed and 100 percent of school canteens in Beilun adopted sentinel procurement, among which 65 school canteens realized staple food centralized distribution and 9 brand supermarkets were set up in schools.
