SUPERVISION, PUNISHMENT
The draft specifies that governments at all levels and relevant departments should set up supervision and inspection mechanisms to combat food waste. It urges those who waste food to rectify their misdeeds.
All units and individuals have the right to file complaints with administrative departments against food producers found to have wasted food, it adds.
Catering service providers inducing or misleading consumers into ordering excessive food that leads to obvious waste will be warned by market regulators. Those who refuse to make rectifications will be fined, according to the draft.
Radio stations, TV stations, and online audio-video service providers who produce, release, or spread content advocating gluttony will also receive a fine if they refuse to make corrections or commit serious violations. Regulators can suspend or shut down their services, the draft says.
A law on food security is also in the legislative work plan for the next year, and its drafting is underway.
