Happy New Year's Party, take it easy on the cake battle
Young people, don't step on the red line of anti-food waste laws
3 boxes of leftovers packed at a weekend party, half a box of milk that has expired for 4 months, breakfast cereals that got damp after opening, and excess coffee stocked up during the event... As the Spring Festival is approaching, Xiaoxue, born in the 1990s, cleaned up the food stockpiled at home. .
"I don't know if I don't scan it, and I'll be shocked when I scan it." Three large boxes full of expired, rotten, and spoiled food were cleaned out at once.
"It's cool to stock up, and it hurts money when I throw it away, but I don't realize that it's a waste of food." Xiaoxue said that a large amount of stockpiles can give her a sense of security. She needs to clean up such a large amount of waste food at least every year. twice.
A reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily recently found in the street mining that there are not a few young people like Xiaoxue.
Impulsive consumption, fond of hoarding goods, smearing cakes all over the face on birthdays, and even eating hasai when they are emotionally broken... Which young people's seemingly inadvertent behaviors will become the incentives for serious food waste?
Will blind box-induced consumption and Big Stomach’s live broadcasts step on the red line of the anti-food waste law?
What kind of food saving awareness should young people establish?
A few days ago, the reporter conducted a street survey of young people and invited experts and scholars to interpret it.
'Cake Wars' Plays Out 'Food Waste'
Just after 0:00 on January 19, Ziyu, a post-00s boy, posted a photo of a cake full of face on social platforms with the text: "On top of the cake, luck is on the top".
Ziyu said that it was originally just a little wipe for each person, and after a while, it became a cake battle.
"Is this also considered a waste of food? Many friends play cakes with each other on their birthdays." Zi Yu looked puzzled.
"I don't know", "I don't know very well", "I really don't know"... Many young people shook their heads when asked if they knew about the Anti-Food Waste Law.
The reporter found in the street picking that the anti-food waste law has been implemented for more than 8 months, and young people have little knowledge of this law.
But he expressed appreciation for its introduction, "This gives a clear vane to stop food waste and will help guide the 'new food fashion'".
"The Anti-Food Waste Law is the first special legislation for food waste in my country, which establishes the basic code of conduct for food consumption for the whole society and citizens," commented Liu Junhai, a professor at the Law School of Renmin University of China.
“凡是以不合理的方式导致食品数量减少或质量下降都是食品浪费行为。”刘俊海提醒年轻消费者，过度囤货导致商品过期、心情不好暴饮暴食、生日会上的蛋糕大战等行为都属于食品浪费，处理不当，将会触碰法律红线。
00后在校学生吴昊直言，在学校食堂，学生浪费食物的现象还是很严重的，由于食堂饭菜价格便宜，一些同学有时每样都尝尝，“剩了就剩了，大都直接倒掉，这种情况在校园里比较普遍”。
90后女孩婷婷有些惭愧地说，请朋友吃饭，很少打包，就算打包，拿回去也未必吃，“打包就图个心理安慰吧”。
一段时间以来，95后青年小泽热衷观看大胃王“吃播”视频，“看着他们吃东西比较有食欲，自己的食量都跟着起来了”。但其中“假吃、催吐”等内容令他感到难以忍受，“太浪费食物了，也不诚信”。
2021年12月17日，国家发展改革委办公厅等四部门联合印发《反食品浪费工作方案》，禁止制作发布传播“大胃王”音视频，把此前道德层面的软约束上升到法律层面的硬手段，以严厉打击浪费行为。
中国科学院地理科学与资源研究所和世界自然基金会联合发布的《中国城市餐饮食物浪费报告》显示，中国餐饮业人均食物浪费量为每人每餐93克，大型聚会浪费高达38%，是食物浪费的“重灾区”。
某餐饮从业者小刘告诉记者，日常厨余垃圾中有三分之二是剩饭剩菜，需要耗费大量人力、财力去处理，“我们在点餐时会尽量提醒消费者，避免产生食物浪费。对于剩余饭菜，有顾客会因‘嫌麻烦、碍面子’等原因，不愿意打包带走”。
盲盒等诱导超量消费行为涉嫌违法
近日，肯德基与盲盒销售商泡泡玛特联合推出一款名为“DIMOO”的联名款盲盒套餐，引发不少年轻消费者疯狂抢购。根据这款盲盒套餐的销售规则，要想集齐整套玩偶，消费者至少需要购买6份套餐，而其中稀有隐藏款出现的概率仅为1∶72。
为此，有年轻人不惜斥资上万元，一次性购买百余份套餐；还有消费者为“求娃”而购买“代吃”服务，雇人代买代吃套餐而获得盲盒，以至于将吃不完的食物直接丢弃。
"This blind box incident is similar to the 'milk pouring incident' in April 2021. It is a phenomenon of abnormal consumption and should be vigorously resisted." Liu Junhai pointed out, "A gentleman loves money in a proper way, through advertising false propaganda, or It is illegal to induce consumers to buy a large amount of food beyond their own needs through blind boxes and other methods."
On April 29, 2021, the 28th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 13th National People's Congress passed the Anti-Food Waste Law of the People's Republic of China, which clearly stipulates that catering service operators induce and mislead consumers to overdose. Orders that cause obvious waste can be fined up to 10,000 yuan.
"If you buy another 8 yuan, you can get 5 yuan off; if you have already reduced 5 yuan, you can buy another 11 yuan and you can get 7 yuan off..." In the street mining, the post-95s youth Xue Peng was very disgusted with such "serial" sales. A single takeout meal is enough to fill his stomach, but on the way to "go to settlement", he often receives "go to collect the order" reminders. A lunch that could be solved at 29 yuan ended up costing 37.9 yuan.
The reporter searched and found that it is a routine operation in the takeaway industry to use discounts such as full order reduction, random reduction of allowances, and free delivery fees for full orders to attract consumers to overspend.
Under the incentive mechanism of merchants, consumers often choose to collect orders to enjoy better prices.
"After receiving the takeaway, I often find that I have ordered too much, and either bite the bullet or just throw it away." Xue Peng said.
In response to the behavior of food delivery platforms inducing over-ordering, the "Beijing Anti-Food Waste Regulations" clearly stipulates that food delivery platforms shall not abuse their dominant market position, and shall not use false or misleading commercial propaganda to induce or deceive consumers to over-order. order.
"Food" can also have joint "banks"
"Say no to 'waste on the tip of your tongue'. Anti-food waste is not only a virtue, but also wisdom, and it is also a responsibility." Liu Junhai said that anti-food waste requires a consensus from all sectors of society, "Enterprises should play the role of the first responsible person to deal with food waste. Consumers' impulsive behaviors provide goodwill warnings and warm reminders. Consumers should carefully evaluate their own consumption needs and avoid excessive consumption. At the same time, the regulatory authorities should increase law enforcement supervision for some enterprises, institutions and government canteens with serious food waste. Avoid regulatory dead spots and blind spots.”
Liu Junhai pointed out that in order to attract users, some catering companies have launched daily fresh services. Fruits and vegetables are not overnight, milk and bread are sold on the same day, and those that are not sold out when the store is closed are discarded.
"This is a huge waste of food and should be taken seriously."
Liu Junhai suggested that regulatory authorities, social welfare organizations, food production and sales companies, etc. can jointly build a "food bank" to get through the "last mile" of anti-food waste.
Micro-defective foods and expired products that meet safety standards can be provided to vulnerable groups and individuals in need for free or at low prices, creating a 24-hour cross-market, cross-region, and cross-industry anti-food waste cooperation platform.
In the street picking, many young people rationally gave a solution to food waste.
Wu Hao believes that catering companies should appropriately introduce specifications such as "small dishes", "girls' dishes" and "half dishes" to meet different consumer choices.
"It is recommended to encourage consumers to pack." Ozawa said.
Jiajia, a post-95s generation, proposed that the leftovers can be provided to stray animals by a unified organization, which is also a kind of social care.
"Although social consensus and results have been achieved in the fight against food waste, the phenomenon of waste is still alarming. It is urgent to oppose food waste publicity and education." Zhang Zhanzhong proposed to intensify efforts to carry out publicity and education on the anti-food waste law.
"Who knows dishes on the menu, A Journey".
Zhang Zhanzhong said that it is necessary to make food saving propaganda and education routine, enter classroom textbooks, enter enterprises and factories, and enter thousands of households, so that the cultural concept of opposing food waste will be deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the observance of the anti-food waste law should become a social code of conduct.
China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily trainee reporter Han Yang, reporter Xian Oujie Source: China Youth Daily