Food and Drug Administration: Food additives is a necessity.

At the "Food Safety in the Era of Big Data" sub-forum of the Eco-Civilization Forum Guiyang 2016, Teng Jiachai, deputy director of the State Food and Drug Administration, said that most people regard food additives as "tigers", but in fact, food additives are just a necessity in modern food production.

"Food additives are to improve the satisfaction of food, but what food can add, what food can not add, add how much, are strictly controlled, are measured by scientific standards, so we do not say additives as a scourge." Teng Jiacai said that consumers' satisfaction with food can not just be a simple judgment, but should have a scientific understanding. The state will resolutely crack down on the phenomenon of exceeding the standard and exceeding the scope of the use of food additives.

According to the Food Safety Network survey, 32 percent of Internet users believe that the use of additives in food makes food unsafe. On the same day of the forum, the host site investigation, a very unsatisfied with the current food safety guests said that too much food additives is his most worried about the problem.

And Teng Jiatai on the current food safety cast a "relatively satisfied" vote. He believes that most consumers have a high degree of satisfaction with food, but it cannot be denied that there are many problems in China's current food safety, many of which are common problems in the international community, but also a lot of problems in the current stage of development in China, but it is more important to strengthen the popularization of science to the majority of consumers, otherwise, Blind panic psychology will have a great impact on the development of our food industry.

For food safety supervision, Teng Jiatai introduced, China is developing a national food safety data plan, the development of a called "food security check" mobile phone APP, the sampling report of all food categories for data sharing, consumers buy things, scan the two-dimensional code with a mobile phone, the quality of goods will be shown, in order to force production enterprises to strengthen food safety risk control.

Teng Jiatai talked about "home kitchen delivery" in the forum, said that there is no legal definition of home kitchen, do not support this kind of online ordering. At the same time, he revealed that "network food safety illegal behavior investigation measures" will be introduced, will increase the investigation and punishment of online catering food sales.

Teng Jiatai said that the development of online food ordering is particularly fast, especially now young people work hard, this kind of platform convenient for their lives. But ordering food online has big food safety risks. He said that for online home kitchens, he personally is not in favor of, or even against. At present, there is no legal definition of home kitchens, he said, which can be developed if the operation is later incorporated into national regulations and within the scope of supervision. Meanwhile, consumers should strengthen their awareness of self-protection.

For the third party platform to provide network catering services, Teng Jiatai said that the provisions of the third party platform of legal responsibility, the main responsibility, just like opening a large supermarket, to provide services for consumers, must assume the corresponding service management responsibility and the main responsibility of food safety. "Whether it is selling food, or providing catering services, to come to you, it is necessary to review their qualifications, and the relevant information they provide the obligation to review, so as to ensure legitimacy. At the same time, the regulatory authorities should also make clear provisions on the authority of investigation and jurisdiction, so that consumers can find the relevant departments to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests when they encounter problems."

Teng Jiatai revealed, "network food safety illegal behavior investigation measures" will require network booking platform on the Internet public hotel name, food materials, at the same time, the name of the online store must be consistent with the name of the certificate issued by the legal department, business license and related qualifications to be published. In addition, delivery personnel are required to be in good health and not have infectious diseases, and online reservation records must be kept online for six months.