According to reports, the Market Supervision Administration of Zhengzhou City, Henan Province recently launched the "Zhengqi Pioneer Random Photography" initiative, mobilizing food delivery riders to take pictures of "ghost food delivery" at will. A batch of "ghost food delivery" has been verified by relevant departments. This move has received many likes from netizens. Takeout has already entered the daily catering consumption of a large number of consumers, and the safety of takeaway food has become a bottom line that must be firmly guarded for people's livelihoods. Ghost takeout "refers to food and beverage delivery businesses that do not have dine in facilities, and most of them have poor hygiene conditions. Ghost food delivery is not a problem of one city, one place, but a common livelihood issue that urgently needs to be addressed. Therefore, in March 2025, the Opinions of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council on Further Strengthening the Supervision of the Food Safety Chain proposed to improve the comprehensive supervision mechanism of catering services, clarify "strengthen the online and offline integrated supervision of online ordering", "promote the platform and merchants to implement the" Internet plus+cooking ", and strengthen the supervision and social supervision of takeout without meals". Encouraging delivery riders to report the chaos of "ghost food delivery" is a powerful measure taken by regulatory authorities. The job nature of this group allows them to come into contact with a larger number of "unprepared" food delivery restaurants, and their efficiency in identifying problems and monitoring chaos is also higher. At present, Zhengzhou provides a reward of 50 yuan for each reported issue of kitchen hygiene discovered by delivery riders during meal pickup, which greatly enhances the motivation of delivery riders. As a part of the city, new employment groups such as food delivery drivers can integrate well into the urban governance system due to their mobility and networking characteristics. Encouraging riders to "take photos at will" is not the first initiative in Zhengzhou. Similar measures have been taken in several cities in China before, and delivery platforms are also encouraging riders to act as food safety supervisors. However, only by forming clear institutional support can more "ghost delivery" chaos be discovered and controlled. Therefore, in addition to reward support, the personal safety of food delivery drivers should also be institutionalized and gradually promoted nationwide, making this group an important part of social supervision. In the long run, to solve the chaos of "ghost takeout" and other food delivery problems, it is necessary to build a "Great Wall" to safeguard food safety through multiple efforts. For example, regulatory authorities and platforms need to strengthen the source governance of catering businesses, strictly inspect their qualifications and the authenticity of their business premises; Regulatory authorities and platforms can entrust compliant third parties to conduct irregular food safety inspections on food delivery and catering businesses, forming a daily risk detection mechanism for food safety, and promoting the normalization of constraints and deterrence for external catering. In terms of social co governance, we vigorously promoted a series of kitchen transparency measures, such as "Internet plus+Bright Kitchen" and "Food Safety Diary". When the production process of takeaway food can be inspected and monitored by consumers on the front end of the Internet one by one, so that the store's kitchen is completely "exposed" to consumers, the store will not dare to make a fuss about food hygiene. The safety and hygiene of takeaway food are closely related to the vital interests of consumers. Consumers who purchase unsatisfactory meals through food delivery will not only be dissatisfied with the merchants, but also believe that the platform is not fulfilling its responsibilities effectively. This requires the platform to proactively address the concerns and difficulties of food delivery merchants based on market rules, subsidize their investment in "bright kitchen and stove" software and hardware equipment, and improve the transparency of food safety information through multi-dimensional label display, so that the kitchen of catering merchants is no longer a "hidden corner". A sufficiently transparent kitchen is conducive to the diversified development of the food delivery and catering industry. When 'ghost food delivery' has nowhere to hide, consumers can enjoy more fast and clean food delivery services. (New Society)