Shanghai to Fine Ele.me RMB 120,000 for Hosting Unlicensed Restaurants

Xinhuanet, 3/16/16

The Shanghai Municipal Food and Drug Administration has announced it will fine Rajax Information Technology, operator of restaurant takeout delivery platform Ele.me, RMB 120,000 for violating food safety laws by not properly inspecting licenses of restaurants hosted on the site at the end of November 2015. Shanghai's FDA has also scheduled a meeting with Ele.me's management and formally opened a case to investigate China Central Television (CCTV)'s March 15 expose into the company's food safety violations.

Editor's Note: For more information on this topic, please see "CCTV Accuses Ele.me Platform of Hosting Unlicensed Restaurants," MD 3/16/16 issue.

Keywords: China Food and Drug Administration scandal Internet Ele.me Rajax penalty food O2O

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