I don't know when it started, in addition to the morning tea of Cantonese cuisine, other cuisines or restaurants with other cuisines have become popular to charge tea table fees. Two cups of low-cost barley brown rice tea or lemon tea will charge you a dozen yuan; Some shops even calculate the tea table and tableware and paper towel fees together, which is really too tricky, no wonder Guangdong netizens on the Internet shouted to northern netizens who came to Guangdong to travel to help knock down the tea table fee.
According to the second paragraph of Article 9 of the Consumer Rights Protection**, consumers have the right to independently choose the operators who provide goods or services, choose the varieties of goods or services, and decide whether to buy or not to buy any kind of goods, and to accept or not to accept any kind of services. Of course, the service of choosing whether or not to purchase a tea table fee is also included. Therefore, if the restaurant unilaterally decides to charge this fee without informing the consumer, this practice violates the legitimate rights and interests of the consumer.
Item 5 of Article 33 of the Food Safety Law stipulates that tableware, drinking utensils and containers containing food for direct consumption shall be washed and disinfected before use, and cooking utensils and utensils shall be washed and kept clean after use. It can be seen from this that it is the legal obligation of food business operators to provide consumers with a safe and hygienic dining environment and tableware, rather than an optional consumer service.
In addition, Article 13 of the "* Law" also clearly stipulates that Article 13 operators selling and purchasing goods and providing services shall clearly mark the price in accordance with the provisions of the competent authority, indicating the name, place of origin, specification, grade, pricing unit, ** or service items, charging standards and other relevant information. Operators are not allowed to increase the price of ** goods in addition to the marked price, and they are not allowed to charge any fees that are not indicated.
There are many restaurants with mini programs that only let customers choose the number of diners on the initial page, but do not specifically display the amount of the tea table, and do not see the list until after the order is placed, which is obviously a violation of the law.
Legal Express reminds you:The act of charging a tea table fee is illegal because it violates the consumer's right to self-choice and fair trade. If consumers encounter such a situation, they can protect their rights and interests in accordance with the relevant legal provisions, ask the merchant to refund the illegally collected fees, or call 12315 to report a complaint to the relevant departments.
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