According to Article 45 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law, food producers and operators shall establish and implement the health management system for employees. Persons suffering from diseases that hinder food safety as stipulated by the administrative department of health of the State Council shall not engage in direct contact with imported food. Food production and marketing personnel engaged in direct contact with imported food shall undergo annual health examination and obtain health certificates before taking up their posts.
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Article 126 of the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) violates the provisions of this law, and in any of the following circumstances, the food safety supervision and administration department of the people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections and give a warning; Refuses to correct, a fine of five thousand yuan and fifty thousand yuan; If the circumstances are serious, it shall be ordered to suspend production or business until the license is revoked:
(1) The producers of food and food additives fail to inspect the purchased food raw materials and the produced food and food additives as required;
(2) The food production and marketing enterprise fails to establish a food safety management system as required, or fails to equip, train and assess food safety management personnel as required;
(3) The producers and operators of food and food additives fail to check the licenses and relevant supporting documents when purchasing, or fail to establish and abide by the systems of incoming inspection records, ex-factory inspection records and sales records in accordance with the regulations;
(four) the food production and operation enterprises have not formulated the food safety accident disposal plan;
(5) Tableware, drinking utensils and containers for directly-eaten food are not cleaned and disinfected before use, or catering service facilities and equipment are not regularly maintained, cleaned and calibrated according to regulations;
(6) Food producers and business operators arrange personnel who have not obtained health certificates or suffer from diseases that hinder food safety as stipulated by the health administrative department of the State Council to engage in the work of contacting directly imported food;
China People's Congress Network-People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law