Legal basis: People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Waste Disposal Law.
Twenty-seventh any unit or individual who finds that food producers and operators have wasted food has the right to report to the relevant departments and organs. The departments and organs that receive the report shall handle it in a timely manner according to law.
Article 28 Where a catering service operator violates the provisions of this Law and fails to take the initiative to remind consumers to prevent food waste, the market supervision and administration department of the local people's government at or above the county level or the department designated by the local people's government at or above the county level shall order it to make corrections and give a warning.
In violation of the provisions of this law, catering service operators induce and mislead consumers to order more dishes, resulting in obvious waste, and the market supervision and administration department of the local people's government at or above the county level or the department designated by the local people's government at or above the county level shall order them to make corrections and give them a warning; Refuses to correct, a fine of more than one thousand yuan and ten thousand yuan.
In violation of the provisions of this law, food producers and business operators cause serious food waste in the process of food production and marketing, and the market supervision and administration department of the local people's government at or above the county level or the department designated by the local people's government at or above the county level shall order them to make corrections. Refuses to correct, punishable by a fine of 5000 yuan and 50 thousand yuan.