Du Fu of Huanhuaxi｜Is it necessary for two departments to jointly issue a document to prohibit schools from purchasing and using substandard ingredients?

Recently, frequent problems with school cafeterias have worried many parents. Especially the campus meals in Shanghai, which are already unimaginable.

In order to curb this situation, I saw today that the Ministry of Education and the State Administration for Market Regulation jointly issued a document: prohibiting schools from purchasing and using unqualified ingredients.

Seeing this “Guidelines for the Procurement and Acceptance Management of Bulk Ingredients in School Canteens”, I feel a bit confused. Prohibiting schools from purchasing and using unqualified ingredients, isn’t this a matter of course? Does it still require a joint document from the two departments?

Using unqualified ingredients, isn’t this illegal? With laws and regulations, does it still require a joint document from the two departments?

The joint document from the two departments should provide specific regulations for violations, rather than just a basic common sense of nonsense.

This feels strange, but it seems to be fixing a bug.

Many people may feel the same way as me, feeling that it’s all a correct piece of nonsense. Prohibiting the purchase and use of unqualified ingredients is like prohibiting murder and arson. Does it still need to be emphasized?

But the two departments definitely have more information than we do. Issuing such a common sense guideline at this time, it is estimated that someone has violated common sense, and it is possible that someone is deliberately doing so.

Unqualified ingredients, why are they still on the market? Why is it necessary to issue a special document to prohibit them?

Is it allowed before? Does it mean that someone really deliberately purchases unqualified ingredients for schools?

After the two departments mentioned this, recalling my experience of eating at school for so many years, I can really savor that taste.

For example, the rice in the school, whether it is qualified or not is uncertain, but it always seems to be old rice.

The meat in the school, it was often exposed that the meat purchased was rotten.

There are also some food items that are about to expire, or even expired food items, and some schools seem to be able to make full use of their value.

I used to work in the catering industry for a while. Once, I found that the ham sausages delivered by the supplier had expired, so I called to have them replaced. As a result, after the supplier replaced them, he shamelessly said, holding the expired box of ham sausages: “Take it and let the students eat it.” This sentence has always been unforgettable to me.

Therefore, now seeing the joint document from the two departments, although it feels strange, I can also feel the genuine helplessness behind it.

It’s like taking care of a child. Mom and Dad suddenly jointly say: Don’t touch the poop, then the child may have touched the poop.

I hope that after the joint document from the two departments, some schools can truly implement it. I don’t expect you to do so well, I just ask you not to use unqualified ingredients.

It’s really down to the dust.