The netizen commented that "buying food online is like opening a blind box, I don't know what ingredients", the State Administration of Market Supervision responded

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The netizen "Yavin" (mobile phone number 4495) from Nanjing, Jiangsu (mobile phone tail number 4495) is very convenient to buy food online, but it is a bit like a blind box. The merchant identifies the ingredient table and nutritional component table in the bright place. We transfer the message to the State Administration of Market Supervision, and they give an authoritative reply.

Netizen

Online shopping food is like opening a blind box. Can you ask online food to buy ingredients and nutritional ingredients?

In accordance with the consistent principles of online and offline supervision, in order to ensure food safety, food operators should comply with relevant regulations whether online or offline foods. It will actively conduct research with relevant departments to urge the food operators to strictly implement the main responsibility of food safety to ensure food safety.

Market Supervision Administration

Details are as follows

"Yavin" (mobile phone number 4495) from Nanjing, Jiangsu Nanjing said:

Food safety is related to everyone, especially as parents, and wants to buy healthy food for children. Now is the Internet era. Most people love to buy snacks online. It is cheap and convenient. The disadvantage of online shopping is that the real thing cannot be seen, especially the products that have not been bought, just like opening a blind box. It can only be understood according to the seller's product details, but some businesses use the advertising templates provided by the manufacturer. The pictures are gorgeous and the content is attractive. The buyer needs to understand it, especially the ingredients and nutritional tables of food. The state has a mandatory standard for food tables and nutritional tables for food, which is to make consumers buy it clearly, but there is no standard for details of online food. It is hoped that the state has issued relevant provisions at the legal or policy level, requiring merchants to identify ingredients and nutritional component tables in the open place, so that online shopping can also be transparent.

The General Administration of Market Supervision replied:

According to Article 4 of the Food Safety Law, food operators are responsible for their food safety and ensure food safety. Article 67 stipulates that there should be labels on the packaging of pre -packaged food. The label should be marked with the following matters: (1) name, specifications, net content, production date; (2) ingredients or ingredient tables; (3) the name, address, and contact information of the producer; (4) the shelf life; Code; (6) Storage conditions; (7) The common name of food additives used in national standards; (8) production license number; (9) other matters that should be marked by laws, regulations or food safety standards. Article 68 stipulates that food operators sell bulk foods and shall indicate the name of the food, production date or production batch number, shelf life, and production operator names, address, contact information, etc. on the container of bulk food. Therefore, in accordance with the consistent principles of online and offline supervision, in order to ensure food safety, food operators should comply with the above provisions regardless of online or offline foods. For the suggestions made by the message, we will actively conduct research with relevant departments to urge the food operators to enter the net to strictly implement the main responsibility of food safety to ensure food safety. (Food Management Department of the State Administration of Market Supervision and Administration)

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