Large-scale food safety inspections secure safe environment for gaokao

The local market regulation authority in Beijing recently carried out a large-scale food safety and anti-epidemic inspection around school campuses to secure a safer environment for students during the national college entrance exam amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

On Tuesday morning, law enforcement officials from the Beijing Haidian District Market Regulation Bureau were scrutinizing food vendors, restaurants and supermarkets around Beijing Zhongguancun Middle School, the largest national entrance exam test center in Beijing this year, for food safety inspections.

"All the food vendors within 200 meters around the school campus were included in the scope of food safety management," said Zhang Dan, director of the Food Circulation Department at Beijing Haidian Market Regulation Bureau, on Tuesday.

Meanwhile, law enforcement officials will scrutinize the facilities and operation of food vendors, the health status of employees and merchandise stocking to implement various epidemic prevention measures.

The district market regulation bureau had conducted rapid food safety tests for 62 batches of food at 35 food vendors, and all test results showed food was qualified. The bureau had registered 481 food business entities around the school campuses.