What is a small food workshop and how to define it?

Small food workshops, also known as small food production and processing workshops, refer to units and individuals engaged in food production in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, with fixed production sites, few employees, small production and processing scale, no pre-packaging or simple packaging, and fixed sales scope (excluding cash sales).

Food production and processing workshops are still an important part of food supply, especially in rural areas. Small food workshops are an important way for deep processing of agricultural products and an important means to develop rural economy, increase farmers' income and solve farmers' employment.

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There are many problems in small food workshops, such as poor production equipment, poor hygienic conditions in production environment, lack of knowledge about food quality and safety, and weak quality and hygiene control ability.

Due to the small scale of operation, lack of inspection facilities, poor environmental hygiene conditions, unstable quality and other factors, the impression of small food workshops is "scattered, chaotic and poor". It has also become the hardest hit area of "food safety" and synonymous with "counterfeiting". Therefore, the supervision of small food workshops has become the focus and difficulty of current food quality and safety supervision.

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