A restaurant in Nanjing was fined 9,000 yuan for charging 2 yuan for tableware in violation of the law, violating Article 35 of the Regulations on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests in Jiangsu Province.

Yuhuatai District Market Supervision Administration Saihongqiao Branch Director Wang Xiaowei said, according to "Jiangsu Province Consumer Rights Protection Regulations" Article 35: restaurant operators should be in a conspicuous manner to the consumer to express the price of the goods and services provided by the price of goods and service items, the number of specifications. No fees shall be charged without prior express notification. Catering operators shall provide tableware that meets hygiene standards, the use of centralized sterilization sets of tableware operators shall also provide free tableware for consumers to choose.

Finally, Yuhuatai District Market Supervision Bureau ordered the business to immediately rectify the situation, while confiscating the illegal income of 4212 yuan. In addition, the merchant was fined 5,000 yuan, forfeiting a total of 9,212 yuan, according to the Regulations on the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests in Jiangsu Province.

Three things to do before you eat

Look: Look at the outside of the plastic sealing film is clean, if the film has a lot of impurities, it may be waste plastic reuse, but also look at the production information (factory address, contact phone number, date of disinfection, etc.) is complete.

Smell: After opening the plastic seal, smell whether there is a pungent odor, if it is cleaned with laundry detergent and other cleaning fluids, there will be a strong odor residue, if the grease residue will also have a bad smell.

Touch: Touch the tableware with your hand, if there is water, astringent situation, it may be that the oil is not clean.