The Health Bureau requires masks to be worn in restaurants

If a catering service employee fails to wear a mask or fails to wear a mask in accordance with the regulations, and refuses to make corrections, he or she shall be fined not less than 10 yuan but not more than 50 yuan. If a catering service provider fails to fulfill its management responsibilities and its employees are punished more than three times in total, it will be notified of criticism and fined not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan; if a catering service provider fails to provide its employees with free masks that meet the standards in accordance with regulations, , the market supervision and administration department of the county-level people's government shall order it to make corrections. If it refuses to make corrections, it shall be notified of criticism and fined not less than 1,000 yuan but not more than 2,000 yuan. In addition, during the epidemic period, catering service employees who do not wear masks when working or do not wear them in a standardized manner will be punished in accordance with relevant laws and regulations.

How to ensure that the mask is worn properly? The regulations clarify the responsibilities of each party. According to the regulations, relevant departments of the people's governments at or above the county level are responsible for the prescribed supervision, inspection and law enforcement, publicity and guidance, and knowledge popularization. Catering service providers such as hotels, restaurants, off-campus trusteeships (small dining tables), unit canteens, and collective dining distribution units should strengthen the management of mask wearing by catering service employees, provide free masks that comply with national, industry and other relevant standards, and supervise the wearing of masks. , and collect and dispose of discarded masks in accordance with relevant national regulations. In addition, catering service providers should also strengthen publicity and education on employees wearing masks and improve their public health awareness.

The legislation for catering staff to wear masks is of great significance. It should not be just a local initiative. It should be changed from a "local law" to a "national law" to further improve the hygiene level of catering services in order to achieve better results. Protect the health and life safety of consumers.

The hygiene control of kitchen staff has the following requirements:

1. Kitchen staff must hold a health certificate before they can work;

2. Develop good hygiene habits such as bathing frequently, getting haircuts frequently, washing hands frequently, cutting nails frequently, and changing clothes frequently. Wear clean work clothes and hats when working;

3. Bad behaviors that affect food safety production should be avoided in kitchen production.

Legal Basis

"Law of the People's Republic of China on the Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases"

Article 17: The state establishes an infectious disease surveillance system.

The health administration department of the State Council formulates national infectious disease surveillance plans and programs. The health administrative departments of the people's governments of provinces, autonomous regions, and municipalities directly under the Central Government shall formulate infectious disease surveillance plans and work plans for their respective administrative regions in accordance with the national infectious disease surveillance plans and programs. Disease prevention and control institutions at all levels monitor the occurrence and prevalence of infectious diseases and the factors affecting their occurrence and prevalence; monitor infectious diseases that have occurred abroad but have not yet occurred in China, or new infectious diseases that have occurred domestically.