What concerns does the major revision of the Food Safety Law respond to? Expert interpretation.

On October 10, the State Administration for Market Regulation solicited public comments on the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China. This is a large-scale, systematic revision of the Food Safety Law since it was promulgated and implemented in 2009 and substantially revised in 2015. Campus food safety involves a large volume of meal supply, a sensitive group of diners, and a high level of public attention. The draft for comments adds a dedicated section on "school food safety," establishes a principal responsibility system, and creates a system of accompanying meals for centralized dining in primary and secondary schools and kindergartens. "This revision achieves full coverage from platform responsibility to in-platform operators, and from traditional e-commerce to livestream marketing," said Li Chunlei, a professor at the People's Public Security University of China. For example, the responsible entity is uniformly standardized from "third-party platform providers for online food transactions" to "online food trading platform operators," and the objects of management are expanded from "online food operators" to "in-platform operators and livestream room operators," incorporating new business forms such as livestream selling into the scope of regulation for the first time.