The text of the notice of the Ministry of Education on strengthening the management of canteens in colleges and universities

First, we must attach great importance to and strengthen the management and supervision of canteens in colleges and universities

Improving the management and operation mechanism of canteens in colleges and universities is an important content of the socialization reform of logistics in colleges and universities. The management of college canteens is directly related to students' health, safety and normal study and life, and to the stability of colleges and universities. The leaders of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council attached great importance to this and made important instructions for many times. Local education administrative departments and institutions of higher learning should fully understand the importance of this work and earnestly strengthen the management and supervision of canteens from the perspective of implementing the spirit of the 16th National Congress and practicing Theory of Three Represents and safeguarding the fundamental interests of teachers and students.

it is always the responsibility of local education administrative departments and colleges and universities to strengthen the management and supervision of student canteens in colleges and universities. Although the socialization reform of logistics in colleges and universities has reformed the operating mechanism of student canteens, the rights and obligations of management and supervision undertaken by colleges and universities as Party A have not changed. To this end, local education administrative departments should include this work in the unified planning of logistics socialization reform in local colleges and universities, and make unremitting efforts as a regular work; It is necessary to establish and improve the necessary rules and regulations, strengthen the supervision and evaluation of the management of canteens in local colleges and universities, and timely study and correct problems when found; Colleges and universities should correctly understand and properly handle the relationship between deepening the reform of canteens and strengthening management, earnestly assume their due responsibilities, constantly improve the daily management and supervision of canteens, carefully control the qualifications of units and personnel operating canteens and related contracts, and strictly prohibit corruption. Institutions of higher learning should promptly deal with the canteen business units or individuals that violate the contract and operate illegally and cause trouble. The functional departments and relevant personnel of colleges and universities should change their work style, conscientiously do a good job in daily supervision, and resolutely prevent and put an end to the signs and hidden dangers that induce accidents.

Units or individuals operating canteens should standardize their operations according to the law, consciously strengthen their internal management, correct their service attitude and continuously improve their service quality.

second, fully implement the guiding ideology of the socialization reform of logistics in colleges and universities, and further run the canteens in colleges and universities

The reform of canteens in colleges and universities should always adhere to the direction of serving for education and teachers and students, and should be actively and steadily promoted in light of specific conditions. In the reform of canteens in colleges and universities, special attention should be paid to correcting all kinds of wrong tendencies, and social enterprises and individual operators should not be arbitrarily introduced to contract canteens, so that they can be managed by contractors. Pay attention to correct the misconception that "reform is price increase". The main function of college canteens is to provide catering services for teachers and students, which has obvious public welfare. The operation and management of canteens in colleges and universities should not only follow the market rules, but also be based on serving teachers and students. We should not only consider the interests of operators, but also the interests of teachers and students, and we must never allow the reform to be promoted by raising prices regardless of students' affordability. Ensuring the proper quality and price is the key to do a good job in canteen reform, and it is also a sign to measure the success of canteen reform. In the process of promoting the reform of canteens, all localities and colleges and universities should pay attention to the national conditions and school conditions, fully consider the economic affordability of most students, strictly control the price of meals, strive to improve the quality of meals, and constantly improve the service attitude. According to the actual situation, all localities can impose a maximum price limit on the dining price in the canteen. Attention should be paid to correcting the tendency of "throwing off the burden". The socialization reform of logistics in colleges and universities is to reduce the pressure and burden of logistics in schools, but it needs a process, and we can't completely cut off the support of logistics in colleges and universities without distinction. All localities and colleges and universities should clearly understand the complexity and arduousness of the reform, carefully handle all kinds of contradictions and relationships in the process of college canteen reform, and attach great importance to the stable operation and sustainable development of college canteens. In a period of time, local and higher education institutions should continue to give input and subsidies to logistics work. In particular, the construction and large-scale maintenance and renovation costs of canteens in colleges and universities should, in principle, be mainly invested by the government and colleges and universities.

Third, strengthen publicity and education, conscientiously implement relevant laws and regulations, and establish and improve the management rules and regulations of canteens in colleges and universities.

Local education administrative departments and colleges and universities should actively publicize laws, regulations and rules such as the Food Hygiene Law, the Product Quality Law, the Measures for the Management of Food Hygiene in Catering Industry, and the Regulations on the Management of Hygiene in School Canteen and Students' Group Dining, and strengthen publicity, education and training for relevant departments and employees in canteens in colleges and universities.

local education administrative departments and colleges and universities should immediately organize their efforts to find out the loopholes and hidden dangers in the management of canteens in colleges and universities, especially in health management and food quality management, in accordance with the provisions of relevant laws, regulations and rules. In view of the existing problems, carefully study, formulate and improve the rules and regulations of canteen management. In all aspects of canteen management, it is necessary to establish and improve the post responsibility system and accountability system, so as to ensure that all rules and regulations are implemented. Colleges and universities should establish and improve the evaluation index system for canteens, and strengthen inspection and evaluation. In the event of a liability accident in the canteen of colleges and universities, the responsibility of the parties and relevant leaders should be seriously investigated and the canteen operators of colleges and universities should be replaced in time. It is necessary to ensure the hygiene and quality of canteens and food in colleges and universities. Establish and improve the work system of emergency plan for food poisoning, epidemic and illness in colleges and universities.

Fourth, strict school catering management access system

Strengthening management and strict requirements for college canteen operators is the key to improve the management level of college canteens. All localities and colleges and universities should establish a catering business access system. Strict public bidding system should be implemented for the contracting of canteens, especially for external contracting, and the bidder's management level, technical level, financial ability, qualification and reputation, quality and health status of employees should be comprehensively reviewed and selected. All parties concerned (including students) should have representatives to participate in the bidding work, resolutely prohibit black-box operation and other unhealthy practices, and effectively protect the interests of teachers and students. Institutions of higher learning and the winning bidder should clearly define their respective responsibilities, rights and obligations, quality requirements and punishment methods in the form of legally binding contracts. Units and individuals who have not participated in the bidding and have entered colleges and universities to engage in catering business shall be re-examined according to the above principles, and those who do not meet the conditions shall be disqualified.

To strictly control health access, the education administrative department should ask the health department to strengthen the supervision and management of the issuance of health permits in colleges and universities, and issue health permits in strict accordance with the conditions; It is necessary to strictly control the quality access. If the quality management system is not perfect, it shall not be approved to start business. The newly-built, rebuilt and expanded dining halls' dining environment, food storage, processing, tableware disinfection, cleaning and other infrastructure must meet the relevant standards, and can only be put into use after passing the acceptance of colleges and universities, and after the health department conducts health examination and obtains a health permit. The canteens that have been put into use and have not yet reached the requirements should be improved as required and meet the standards within a time limit.

V. Fully implement the system of inviting public bidding and centralized procurement of catering materials

Dining halls in colleges and universities must purchase catering materials from legal business units, and check the licenses of catering materials business units in accordance with relevant state regulations, especially confirm that operators have valid food hygiene licenses and industrial and commercial business licenses. When purchasing raw materials for livestock and poultry meat, the inspection certificate issued by the animal quarantine department must be inspected. In order to ensure the quality of food and reduce the purchase price, the public bidding system should be implemented for bulk food and beverage materials, and centralized fixed-point procurement should be implemented for sporadic food and beverage materials. If it is really difficult to implement centralized procurement for special reasons, it is also necessary to implement fixed-point procurement. The fixed-point supplier must be determined on the basis of shopping around and comprehensively reviewing its comprehensive indicators such as production, processing, reserve, supply capacity and price standard. The purchased food and beverage materials must have the factory name, product name, place of origin, date of manufacture, shelf life and storage period. The selected designated suppliers and purchased varieties should be reported to the logistics management institutions of colleges and universities and catering service entities and other relevant departments for the record. The functional departments of colleges and universities should closely monitor the whole process of procurement through various methods, resolutely put an end to all kinds of corruption, and formulate strict supervision measures to promptly and seriously investigate and deal with problems found.

the administrative department of education should ask the relevant departments to establish a filing system for designated suppliers in colleges and universities, adopt the method of combining regular inspections with irregular spot checks, strengthen the supervision and inspection of the production, processing, storage and distribution of designated suppliers selected by colleges and universities, pay special attention to the inspection in the season of frequent infectious diseases, and effectively control the hygiene and quality of food and beverage materials in colleges and universities from the source to ensure foolproof.

according to the spirit of this circular and local specific conditions, all localities and colleges and universities can formulate management rules for student canteens, strengthen management, and effectively improve the management level of student canteens.

please forward this notice to all colleges and universities in this area.

Ministry of Education

December 6th, 22