Food safety enhanced by info on ingredients in online meals to go

ON FRIDAY, Baidu and Ele me, the two main online platforms for takeaway food in Beijing, launched a system that requires their food providers to disclose the ingredients and nutritional information of their food. Beijing News comments:

The two platforms said that by doing so they hope to minimize the chances of food allergies. They also made it clear that if any customer finds the food they ordered contains ingredients different from the disclosure, the customer has the right to return it and complain.

Their move came after the regulatory measures were introduced by the Beijing Food and Drug Administration, which adhere to the national regulation on online food services that came into effect on Jan 1. This requires online fast food providers to disclose the main ingredients of their products online.