Has China enacted laws against food waste?

China has promulgated relevant laws against food waste, as follows:

1. In recent years, China has promulgated a series of laws and regulations to effectively stop food waste. In April of 20021year, the Anti-Food Waste Law came into effect.

2. On June 5438+ 10 of the same year, the General Office of the Central Committee and the General Office of the State Council issued the Action Plan for Saving Food, proposing to improve the anti-food waste system in the catering industry and improve industry standards and service norms;

3. More detailed departmental rules and standards such as Service Guide for Separate Meals, Supply Chain Management Guide for Catering Industry, Information Description Specification for Takeaway Delivery, and Green Catering Operation Management have also been issued.

4. These regulations and standards release a clear signal that catering enterprises, as the main body of catering business, should bear the main responsibility in the process of stopping catering waste.

Relevant regulations to prevent food waste:

1. Adhere to the combination of restraint and advocacy. While restricting official dining, we should standardize the behaviors of food operators such as catering service providers, catering take-out platforms, unit canteens, school canteens, tour operators, shopping malls and supermarkets, pay attention to the guiding and promoting role of laws in consumers' daily dining behavior, advocate individuals to establish civilized, healthy, rational and green consumption concepts, and eat reasonably according to their own health status, eating habits and dining needs when dining out.

2. For consumers who cause obvious waste, the draft stipulates that catering service providers can charge corresponding fees for handling kitchen waste. Warning and punishment are stipulated for catering service providers who do not take the initiative to remind them to prevent food waste; Those who induce or mislead consumers to order too many dishes and cause obvious waste will be given warnings and fines.

To sum up, in recent years, China has successively promulgated many laws and regulations against food waste, among which the Anti-Food Waste Law is the most authoritative law.

Legal basis:

Article 1 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Anti-Food Waste Law

In order to prevent food waste, ensure national food security, carry forward the traditional virtues of the Chinese nation, practice socialist core values, conserve resources, protect the environment, and promote sustainable economic and social development, this Law is formulated in accordance with the Constitution.

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The term "food" as mentioned in this Law refers to the food specified in the Food Safety Law of People's Republic of China (PRC), including all kinds of food for human consumption or drinking.

The term "food waste" as mentioned in this Law refers to food that can be safely eaten or drunk without reasonable use according to its functional purposes, including waste, reduction of food quantity or quality due to unreasonable use, etc. finally