The Straits Herald reported on June 4th, 2008 in A09 edition and June 1 1 that consumer Lin Lei sued six chain hot pot restaurants in Xiamen for charging for sterilizing tableware, and Siming Court ruled in the first instance that Lin Lei won the case. It is a business to provide sterilized tableware in restaurants, and there is no right to charge.
2. Charges for disposable sterile tableware are suspected of infringing consumers' rights and interests in disguised form. Provincial Price Bureau: Compulsory charges can be reported. According to the relevant provisions of the Food Hygiene Law, catering operators have the obligation to provide consumers with hygienic and qualified tableware, so that customers can use safe and secure sanitary tableware, which actually violates the legitimate rights and interests of consumers in disguise.
3. At the same time, consumers can take the initiative to ask the restaurant to provide free or paid tableware before eating, so as to avoid disputes caused by ignoring the prompt signs of paid tableware when eating. "You said that when I went to a restaurant to eat noodles, I could also report to the provincial Consumer Protection Committee that the charge for disposable sterilized tableware has been listed as a category of repeated charges by catering enterprises under various excuses, and I spent 1 yuan on paper towels.