Does the state prohibit small workshops from squeezing oil?

There is no ban. There is no law in the country to process small oil mills in rural areas. Anyone can open an oil mill as long as the hygienic standard is up to standard and the edible oil meets the compound edible standard. Small oil mills in rural areas are mainly sold to surrounding rural areas, relying on the reputation of people in surrounding rural areas. It is said that they buy oil mills when they are clean, and oil mills in rural areas can also be processed by farmers. All the peanuts and melon seeds they grow can go to the oil mills to extract oil.

It is clear that the specific management measures for food production and processing workshops and food vendors shall be formulated by provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. Therefore, the small workshops of food production and processing in China are mainly supervised by local governments.

What are the regulatory requirements for food production and processing workshops in various places?

The Food Safety Law does not have many regulations on the management of small workshops for food production and processing, which are specifically stipulated by local governments, including normative documents and local regulations issued by food and drug supervision departments (or market and quality supervision departments). take for example

Detailed Rules for the Supervision and Management of Small Food Production and Processing Workshops in Tianjin issued by Tianjin Municipal Market and Quality Supervision and Management Committee,

Measures for the Supervision and Administration of Small Workshops of Food Production and Processing in Shanghai issued by the US Food and Drug Administration in Shanghai, etc.

As for local laws and regulations, some provinces have stipulated the contents of small workshops in their food safety regulations, such as the Food Safety Regulations of Guizhou Province. There are also special regulations, such as the Regulations on the Management of Small Food Workshops and Food Vendors in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region.

Generally speaking, all localities mainly issue certain policies and regulations through local market and quality supervision and management committees, food and drug administration and government departments. And conduct unified supervision of small workshops for food production and processing. Dairy products, canned food, non-solid fermented alcohol, health care products, infant food, etc. There are also different regulations for some categories. For example, small food workshops in Hubei province prohibit the production of drinking water in bottles (barrels) and edible oil squeezed by non-physical methods; Small food production and processing workshops are not allowed to produce jelly and drinks in Chongqing. Some provinces and cities have issued a number of food catalogues, prohibiting small workshops from producing processed food. Employees in small food production and processing workshops should not only pay attention to the local permitted and prohibited catalogues, but also ignore the local local laws and regulations and the government's regulations on prohibited varieties.

Legal basis:

Article 36 of the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC) (hereinafter referred to as the Food Safety Law) stipulates that small food production and processing workshops and food vendors engaged in food production and marketing activities shall meet the food safety requirements stipulated in this Law that are appropriate to the scale and conditions of their production and marketing, and ensure that the food they produce and market is hygienic, non-toxic and harmless, and the food and drug supervision and management department shall strengthen supervision and management.