China passes anti-food-waste law Share CLOSE Young volunteers put up posters promoting food saving in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, on Aug 12, 2020. [Photo by HUA XUEGEN/FOR CHINA DAILY]
The top legislature on Thursday adopted a new law on preventing food waste to offer legal backing to the country s efforts to safeguard food security and promote traditional virtue of thrift.
The law, passed at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People s Congress, took effective immediately.
Catering service providers face a fine of up to 10,000 yuan ($1,543) if they mislead consumers to order excessive quantities of food and cause waste, according to the law.
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Chinese lawmakers on Thursday voted to pass an amendment to the Maritime Traffic Safety Law, stressing the importance of marine epidemic control.
The captain of the vessel shall be responsible for implementing emergency response measures once a crew member on board is found to have or is suspected of having infectious disease that may pose serious health threat to others, says the law revision adopted at a session of the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, which opened Monday.
The revised law stipulates that relevant personnel shall be put under quarantine, if necessary, along with timely reporting of the situation to authorities.