On the 8th, the reporter learned from the Supreme People's Procuratorate that it has recently deployed the "Food and Drug Safety Promotion" prosecutorial public interest litigation supervision activity. The event will fully leverage the prosecutorial function of public interest litigation, focus on the public interest damage issues in the field of food and drug safety that the people are concerned about, and deepen the governance of the entire food and drug safety chain. From November 2024 to January 2025, the Public Interest Litigation Prosecution Department of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, in conjunction with the Prosecution Technology Information Research Center, deployed the "Winter Action" for food and drug safety public interest litigation. Procuratorial organs at all levels have filed and handled 4044 public interest litigation cases in the field of food and drug safety, including 3615 administrative public interest litigation cases, 2245 prosecutorial suggestions, and 8 lawsuits filed; 429 civil public interest lawsuits were filed, and 310 lawsuits were filed requesting punitive damages, resolving a number of prominent issues of public interest infringement in the field of food and drug safety. On the basis of the "Winter Action", the Supreme People's Procuratorate has decided to deploy the "Food and Drug Safety and Beneficial Road" prosecutorial public interest litigation supervision activities. Xu Xiangchun, Director of the Public Interest Litigation Procuratorate Office of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, introduced that, according to the relevant information such as the problem clues summarized by the "Winter Action", the "Food and Drug Safety and Road Benefiting" procuratorial public interest litigation supervision activities will focus on 10 key supervision areas, including illegal food addition, safety of edible agricultural products, food and drug safety of new Internet businesses, rectification of prefabricated dishes, food safety in specific places, safety of freshly made drinking water, protection of the tea industry, illegal sales of prescription drugs and banned drugs, safety of medical equipment, illegal operation of community hospitals and village and town clinics. It is reported that the "Food and Drug Safety and Beneficial Road" public interest litigation supervision activity will be comprehensively promoted from February and will continue until October. The procuratorial organs will closely monitor the food and drug safety issues that are strongly reflected and highly concerned by the people, fully leverage the advantages of horizontal coordination and vertical integration of public interest litigation procuratorial work, deepen cooperation and cooperation with administrative organs, social organizations, and platform enterprises, strengthen the application of big data legal supervision models in the field of food and drug safety, further improve the level and intensity of public interest litigation procuratorial supervision, and effectively ensure food and drug safety. (New Society)