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China's top economic planner steps up mechanism against food waste to ensure food security
By Global Times
Published: Jul 22, 2022 12:15 AM
China's top economic planner, the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) said it will step up efforts to reduce food waste at a meeting on grain saving and prevention of food waste on Thursday.
The NDRC wowed to further improve the mechanism against food waste in the catering industry and revise standards and norms to reduce food waste in a bid to ensure the nation's food security.
The NDRC said it will revise the food waste evaluation standards and guidelines for law enforcement and inspection, establish a statistical, monitoring and evaluation system for grain loss and food waste, launch special campaigns against food waste and promote food conservation in the catering industry, government canteens, schools, enterprises and households.
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The law stipulates that catering service providers can charge a disposal fee to customers who leave excessive amounts of food waste but the rates must be clearly displayed, Xinhua News Agency reported.
Catering service providers are also required to remind customers of their duty of avoiding food waste. Restaurants found guilty of inducing or misleading behaviors that lead diners to waste food will receive a warning. Serious violators will be fined up to 10,000 yuan ($1,546).
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