On March 5, the Department of Commerce of Shandong Province issued a notice,

Implement the dine-in sharing system in catering enterprises in the province!

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About catering enterprises in the province

Notice of the implementation of a dine-in meal sharing system

Municipal commerce bureaus and provincial relevant industry associations:

The divided meal system is the embodiment of catering civilization, and it is also an effective measure for catering enterprises to ensure the safety of customers’ meals during the epidemic prevention and control period. In order to guide catering enterprises to carry out normal dine-in operations with the help of the meal sharing system, the relevant matters are hereby notified as follows:

1. The main mode of dine-in meal sharing system

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“Divided table” mode: when designing dishes, the menu is formulated and matched according to the requirements of the meal, and the kitchen of the restaurant is set up with a food preparation room or table, and the dishes are processed after processing

The chef or service staff will divide all dishes in the pantry or at the diversion table and serve them according to their seats

to ensure the independence of each customer’s meal usage and tableware. Suitable for mid-to-high-end business banquets and banquets.

(ii)

“Divided Spoon” mode: the production of dishes maintains traditional processing technology,

When serving, each dish utensil is equipped with a table soup or meal clip, and chopsticks, spoons and other food sharing tools that are significantly different from the customer’s tableware are placed on the table

, guide consumers to use meal sharing tools to pick up food to ensure the independence of customers’ meals. Suitable for mass catering consumption.

(iii)

“Split Meal and Pick-Up” mode:

Consumers order food at the ordering counter, and the service staff will use special tableware or disposable tableware to prepare the food according to the consumer’s order

, consumers complete the meal in a relatively independent environment in the store. Suitable for all kinds of fast food operations.

2. Requirements for dine-in meal sharing system

Catering enterprises should conscientiously implement the “Guidelines for the Prevention and Control of Catering Enterprises Operating Services During the Novel Coronavirus Epidemic”, do a good job in the management of employees and the hygiene and epidemic prevention of business premises, strictly sanitize equipment, facilities and tableware, maintain indoor ventilation, and clean and hygienic environment.

Do a good job in the management of dining staff, customers must take their body temperature when entering the store, except for the dining time, dining staff should wear masks throughout the whole process,

Develop a traceability system for diners to register the name and contact information of at least one diner.

Reduce the placement of restaurant seats, increase the distance between dining seats, and achieve

Maintain a distance of more than 1 meter between the two seats

to prevent the spread of droplets.

(iv)

The fast food business site appropriately reduces the passenger capacity, the surrounding dining tables are placed against the wall and against the window, and the central dining table is placed on two tables and a partition is added in the middle for physical separation

One table with one chair

to avoid customers dining face-to-face.

(v)

Catering enterprises that adopt the “divided meal spoon” model should be

Each customer is equipped with disposable gloves

to prevent cross-infection during the use of public tableware such as chopsticks and spoons.

All municipal commerce bureaus and relevant industry associations should take the promotion of dine-in meal distribution as an important measure for catering enterprises to cope with the impact of the epidemic and resume normal operations, and guide catering enterprises to actively implement the meal sharing system model in accordance with the spirit of this “Notice”, carry out normal dine-in operations, and effectively ensure the safety of customers’ meals. It is necessary to strengthen categorical guidance, discover problems in a timely manner, and constantly summarize and improve. It is necessary to pay attention to giving play to the entrepreneurial spirit of enterprises, innovating models and enriching content. Problems and good practices in the process of promoting the dine-in meal sharing system shall be reported to the Provincial Department of Commerce (Commerce and Trade Development Office) in a timely manner.

Notice is hereby given.

Department of Commerce of Shandong Province

March 5, 2020

Encourage eating home and eating

When eating out, pay attention to the distance between people

Pay attention to the hygiene of dishes

Reduce crowding

Please prepare the catering unit

We ask for the active cooperation of all members of the public

Source: Department of Commerce of Shandong Province

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