The State Administration for Market Supervision has deployed all localities to continue to pay attention to the marketing norms of takeaway merchants to prevent food waste

Recently, the State Administration for Market Regulation issued the "Notice on Continuing to Do a Good Job in Marketing Standards for Takeaway Merchants and Preventing Catering Waste" (hereinafter referred to as the "Notice"), requiring all localities to urge online catering platforms and catering takeaway merchants to strictly implement the "Anti-Food Waste Law of the People’s Republic of China" and other relevant provisions, further consolidate the main responsibility, continue to standardize catering takeaway marketing behavior, and effectively prevent catering waste.

In terms of implementing the main responsibility of online catering platforms, the "Notice" requires that platforms be urged to optimize marketing rules and agreement rules, and to publish appropriate ordering prompts in prominent positions on the page; encourage platforms to improve incentive mechanisms, promote merchants to develop, provide, and promote small meals, set the minimum price of meals reasonably, optimize the price-break discounts collection mechanism, and do not include staple foods in the scope of price-break discounts display; guide platforms to promptly correct irregular marketing practices.

In terms of compacting the main responsibilities of catering takeaway merchants, the "Notice" makes it clear that merchants should be urged to strengthen dynamic management; guide merchants to rationally determine the quantity and weight, provide small portions of meals, truthfully display meal information, and publish appropriate ordering prompts; supervise merchants to standardize marketing behavior and reasonably determine the starting price; encourage the use of food safety seals.

The "Notice" emphasizes that all localities should promote the revision and improvement of standards, increase publicity and implementation, and strengthen the implementation of supervision. Online and offline, at the same frequency, carry out supervision and inspection of food waste prevention and food safety, and continue to carry out "random inspection of restaurants". Those who cause obvious waste, serious waste and refuse to make corrections shall be severely punished according to law and publicly exposed. Strengthen publicity and education, carry out publicity activities, and actively create a good atmosphere.