A food safety group yesterday urged the government to more closely monitor the operation of local online shops selling food items, amid the increasing popularity to order food online.
Philip Choi Shoi Meng, who heads the Macau Food Safety Management Association, made the suggestion on the sidelines of a food safety seminar, which was organised by the Vocational Skills Training Centre run by the Macau Federation of Trade Unions (Gung Luen). About 100 people attended the one-day seminar which was held at the centre near the Barrier Gate checkpoint.
The Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) recently launched a voluntary registration scheme for local owners running online shops selling any kind of food items. The bureau’s Food Safety Centre Director Cheong Kuai Tat said last week his centre was aware of the existence of some 50 such online shops in Macau, but only eight of them had registered so far.
Macau Food Safety Management Association President Philip Choi Shoi Meng talks to reporters yesterday at the Macau Federation of Trade Unions’ Vocational Skills Training Centre. Photo: Tony Wong
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