[Office of Food Safety of the State Council deploys food safety work during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day] September 18th, reporters learned today that the Office of Food Safety of the State Council issued a notice requiring local food (drug) safety offices to attach great importance to food safety work during the Mid-Autumn Festival and National Day, strengthen problem orientation, urge relevant departments to effectively enhance awareness of risk prevention and control, take active measures to eliminate hidden problems, and ensure that the people spend a happy and peaceful holiday. The notice requires that all localities should urge platform operators and food production and operation entities to effectively implement the main responsibilities for food safety, and strengthen the integration of online and offline supervision for foods that are heavily consumed during festivals such as rice, flour, oil, meat, eggs, milk, and moon cakes, as well as seasonal foods and foods with temperature control requirements; and increase the supervision and inspection of bulk edible agricultural products sold in the market. All localities should strengthen the supervision of catering services, focusing on tourist attractions, highway service areas, commercial complexes, etc., and focusing on banquet centers, chain restaurants, schools, and elderly care institutions and other centralized dining unit canteens, and focusing on cold meat and cold dishes, specialty snacks, and raw seafood. High-risk foods such as high-risk products and cold-processed pastries are the key categories, and online catering and rural collective dining are the key business formats. Supervision and inspection of food raw material procurement, food additive use management, tableware cleaning and disinfection, employee health management, and prevention of catering waste are strengthened. (CCTV News)