The Administrative Measures for the Supervision of Food Safety in Online Catering Services entered into force on 1 Jan. 2018.

There are 46 articles in total, which aim to supervise online catering services. The key points are as follows:

1. Online catering services refer to the catering services provided through the Internet by the third-party platform provider of online catering services, as well as the catering service providers (collectively “the service provider”) who provide catering services through third-party platforms and self-built websites.
2. The National Medical Products Administration and its local government counterparts are the regulatory authorities in this field.
3. The service provider shall file with the regulatory authority.