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Restaurants to face max 10,000 yuan fines for causing food waste
Published on: 2020-12-23
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Catering service providers may face a fine if they encourage or mislead consumers into ordering excessive quantities of food which causes waste, and refuse to rectify the problem after being warned by market supervision departments, according to a draft law.

The fine ranges from 1,000 yuan to 10,000 yuan in line with the draft law on preventing food waste, which has been submitted to the ongoing bimonthly session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, China's top legislature, for its first review on Tuesday.

In general, a draft will become law after being deliberated three times by the top legislative body.

The draft law requires catering service providers to remind consumers to order food in accordance with their actual needs. The menu should include more information, including how many people are recommended to eat set meals, it said.

Catering service providers can ask consumers who waste too much food to pay a fee based on the amount of their leftovers, it said, without giving an exact payment standard.

While regulating catering service providers, the draft also clarifies the ban on making or broadcasting programs or videos related to excessive eating, noting that violators who refuse to correct the problem after being reminded by cyberspace administrations will be fined from 10,000 yuan to 100,000 yuan.

今后用餐浪费要交钱!餐馆不作为诱导超量点餐要罚款!

12月22日,反食品浪费法草案首次亮相全国人大常委会会议。草案明确,餐饮服务提供者可以对造成明显浪费的消费者收取处理厨余垃圾的相应费用。

反食品浪费法草案还规定,餐饮服务提供者应当主动对消费者进行防止食品浪费提示提醒;按照标准规范制作食品,合理确定数量、份量,提供小份餐等不同规格选择;不得诱导、误导消费者超量点餐;可以对造成明显浪费的消费者收取处理厨余垃圾的相应费用。草案规定,餐饮服务提供者诱导、误导消费者超量点餐造成明显浪费并拒不改正的,处一千元以上一万元以下罚款。

饭店需要主动提醒适量点餐

草案对餐饮服务提供者也做了规定,要求餐饮服务提供者主动对消费者进行防止食品浪费提示提醒,在醒目位置张贴或者摆放反食品浪费标识或者由服务人员提示说明,引导消费者按需适量点餐,不得诱导误导消费者超量点餐,要合理确定餐食的数量、分量,提供小份餐等不同规格的选择;餐饮服务提供者可以对造成明显浪费的消费者收取处理厨余垃圾的相应费用。

可见,“反食品浪费法”的立法是把双刃剑,一面擎在食客的头顶,而另一面擎在餐饮服务提供者头顶。一面通过法律的形式,督促商家监督食客的就餐行为,并对违规者现场收取惩戒性的“罚没”。一面又加强了对餐饮商家的制约和行为规范。禁止制作、发布、传播宣扬量大多吃、暴饮暴食等浪费食品的节目或者音视频信息。违反规定的,责令整改,给予警告;拒不改正或者情节严重的,处一万元以上十万元以下罚款。

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