Harbin has taken action to reduce food waste by launching a special campaign that focuses on catering service operators such as wedding banquets and buffets. The Harbin Municipal Market Supervision Bureau issued an “Implementation Plan for the Special Action on Stopping Catering Waste” to regulate catering service operations and curb food waste momentum. The plan requires catering service operators to remind consumers to order an appropriate amount of food and clearly mark the price in a prominent way. The plan also encourages the promotion of measures such as “small servings”, “half servings”, “online ordering to indicate the weight of food”, and packaged services. Key links such as wedding banquets, buffets, group catering, and unit canteens are being targeted, and illegal acts such as failing to actively remind or induce ordering are being dealt with. The city’s market supervision departments will coordinate with other departments to increase law enforcement inspections and case investigations and strictly investigate food waste behaviors.
Promote “small servings” and “half servings”!Harbin launched a special campaign to stop food waste
Recently, the Harbin Municipal Market Supervision Bureau formulated and issued the “Implementation Plan for the Special Action on Stopping Catering Waste” (hereinfollowing referred to as the “Plan”), which will focus on catering service operators such as wedding banquets and buffets, and comprehensively regulate catering service operations, effectively Curb food waste momentum.
In terms of supervision, the “Plan” requires the city’s market supervision departments to consolidate the main responsibilities of catering service operators, and relevant catering service operators must remind consumers to order an appropriate amount of food and clearly mark the price in a prominent way. Guide catering service companies to establish and improve the system, actively promote measures such as “small servings”, “half servings”, “online ordering to indicate the weight of food”, and actively provide packaged services. Focusing on key links such as wedding banquets, buffets, group catering, and unit canteens, timely investigate and deal with illegal acts such as failing to actively remind or induce ordering. Strengthen departmental cooperation, form a joint force, increase law enforcement inspections and case investigations, and strictly investigate food waste behaviors.
Reporter Liu Li Liu Rui
Let’s do our part to stop food waste! The recently launched “Special Action on Stopping Catering Waste” in Harbin is an admirable initiative that can inspire change all over the world. With the implementation plan in place, catering service operators will be held accountable for reminding consumers to order an appropriate amount of food and clearly marking the price in a prominent way. They will also actively promote measures like “small servings”, “half servings”, “online ordering to indicate the weight of food” and provide packaged services. We should all take note and do our part by ordering just the right amount of food, and if we’re not sure, to ask our servers what they suggest. It’s time to make a difference and reduce food waste together.
