Abstract: As an emerging force in the food industry, ready-made food is rising rapidly in China and the rest of the world. It is urgent to carry out legalization construction of the ready-made food industry from two aspects: the construction of legal norms and the protection of consumer rights and interests. As far as standard design is concerned, the definition of "local cuisine" should be clarified in the supplementary provisions of the Food Safety Law and "local ready-made food" should be included, thus giving local governments the power to formulate stricter and more distinctive local food safety standards for ready-made food. In addition, in order to eliminate the limitations, fragmentation and conflicts of China's existing ready-made food norms, the State Council should promulgate special ready-made food administrative regulations to unify and guide the subordinate laws and norms. As far as the protection of consumer rights and interests is concerned, in addition to explicitly regulating silent fraud and false propaganda as consumer fraud in the ready-made food industry, a mandatory labeling system should be constructed as a specific way for ready-made food operators to fulfill their notification obligations, and a consumer safety reporting system should be set up as an effective supplement to the government's supervision power, so as to create a multi-collaborative and co-governance mechanism of food safety with integrated central and local efforts and collaboration among different regions.

Key words: ready-made dish, construction of legal norms, protection of consumer rights and interests, collaborative co-governance