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Tokyo, Japan — Over 80 percent of people in Japan want to take their leftovers at restaurants home, a private-sector survey has shown.
At the end of last year, the Consumer Affairs Agency and the health ministry together set up guidelines for taking leftovers home to reduce food loss. The agency calls for adding efforts not to throw away leftovers.
Article continues after this advertisementThe internet survey was conducted by Kuradashi Co., which aims to reduce food loss by selling food products good enough for consumption but customarily considered unfit for sale for reasons such as close best-before dates. The survey received answers from 2,010 people in their 20s or older.
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In the survey, 52.0 percent said they want to use containers to take leftovers home if they are provided free of charges, and 28.8 percent showed willingness to use takeout containers no matter whether they are free or not.
Article continues after this advertisementWhile the sum exceeded 80 percent, 14.5 percent answered that they have never left food in restaurants.
Article continues after this advertisementIn Japan, many restaurants refrain from encouraging customers to take leftovers home because there was no clear rule for such a practice.
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Article continues after this advertisementThe guidelines say that consumers take leftovers home at their own risk and transfer food from dishes to containers themselves in principle. They are also advised not to leave the food in high-temperature places.
According to the health ministry, food loss happens at food-related businesses including food makers and restaurants, as well as at households. Some 25 percent of food loss at businesses is from restaurants, with half of it believed to be leftovers.
Article continues after this advertisement“We want to ensure that the guidelines concerning taking leftover food home are widely disseminated,” a Consumer Affairs Agency official said.
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