The draft anti-food waste law was submitted to the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress (NPC) for initial consideration on December 22nd.
The draft provides that people's governments at all levels should strengthen the leadership of anti-food waste work; local people's governments at or above the county level should annually publicize the situation of anti-food waste work to the community; organs, state-owned enterprises and public institutions should strengthen the norms of official receptions, meetings, trainings, and other official activities meals, and strengthen the management. Dining for official activities should be implemented standardized diet, scientific and rational arrangements for the number and form of meals.
The draft of the food service providers also made provisions for food service providers to take the initiative to prevent food waste reminders to consumers, in a conspicuous position to post or place anti-food waste signs or by the service staff prompted to explain, to guide the consumer according to the needs of the right amount of food ordering, shall not induce, mislead the consumer to order more than the amount of food to be reasonable to determine the number of meals, portion sizes, to provide a small meal and other different The number of meals and portion sizes should be reasonably determined, and different choices such as small portions should be provided; food service providers may charge consumers who cause obvious waste the appropriate fee for disposing of food waste.
The draft anti-food waste law takes the catering sector as an entry point, focusing on food consumption and sales to combat waste, promote savings and strict control. The draft clarifies that food waste is the failure to utilize food that is safe to eat or drink in accordance with its functional purpose.
The legislative intent of this provision is to ensure that the value and utility of food to give full play to reduce the production, processing, circulation and consumption of food in various links, all areas of unnecessary loss. However, it should also be taken into account that food, in addition to its edible and drinkable functions, can also be used as a carrier for artistic expression and creation. So it is reasonable to say that the media work within a reasonable range is still reasonable, as long as it is not a bite to eat and throw away.
Anti-food waste legislation shows that the gradual improvement and expansion of our laws is also necessary, such as eating broadcast is a product of the times, some people play the title of big appetite king to attract attention, so as to sell the product to make a profit, in fact, is not as good as the video that can be eaten, but instead of wasting a lot of food. There is a lot of such behavior, so it is necessary to establish laws to regulate such behavior.