Study on the Development Dilemma of Prefabricated Vegetable Industry and the Path of Legal Regulation

  • Yang Huikang Law School, University of Glasgow, Kingdom United
  • Chen Xiaoye School of Intellectual Property, East China University of Political Science and Law, China
  • Shen Xiangyu School of Law, Qufu Normal University, China
  • Xia Lifang School of Law, Qufu Normal University, China
  • Wang Qi School of Law, Qufu Normal University, China
Keywords: prefabricated vegetables, standard construction, industry self-regulation, public traceability

Abstract

Food safety public opinion in the prepared vegetable industry has a negative impact on the development of the industry. The lack of industry as well as school lunch standards, the absence of industry self-regulation, the inadequacy of the regulatory system and the low transparency of information are the deep-seated reasons for the outbreak of negative public opinion in the prepared vegetable industry. The healthy development of the prepared vegetable industry requires the joint efforts of many parties. The systematic construction of the standard system is an important prerequisite for the orderly development of the prepared vegetable industry; the real performance of industry self-regulation is the internal incentive for the development of the prepared vegetable industry; the improvement and perfection of regulatory measures and early warning mechanism is the external guarantee for the development of the prepared vegetable industry; and the effective disclosure of product information can help to increase the participation rate of the public in supervision, which will in turn stimulate the effective implementation of the industry self-regulation and the governmental supervision, and realise the pluralistic and common governance of the prepared vegetable industry. The effective disclosure of product information can help improve the participation rate of public supervision, which in turn can stimulate the effective implementation of industry self-regulation and government supervision, and realise the multi-dimensional governance of the prepared vegetable industry.

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2025-03-31
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Huikang, Y., Xiaoye, C., Xiangyu, S., Lifang, X., & Qi, W. (2025, March 31). Study on the Development Dilemma of Prefabricated Vegetable Industry and the Path of Legal Regulation. Humanities and Social Science Research, 8(2), p49. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.30560/hssr.v8n2p49
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