Hoteliers against Centre fixing portion size

The Centre’s plan to monitor the size of portions served at restaurants has been opposed by hoteliers.

According to Indian Hotels and Restaurant Association (AHAR), it will result in chaos

“Every eatery or restauran has a different business mode and portions are fixed accord ingly. Uniformity will not work in our sector, which is very com plex,” said Adarsh Shetty, presi dent, AHAR.

The Ministry of consumer affairs, food and public distribu tion is drafting a questionnaire for hotels and restaurants to explain what portion size they should serve to a customer.

The idea is to cut down on food wastage, a concern voiced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi during his monthly radio address to the nation — Man K Baat.

Shetty also rejected the wast age theory, saying that patrons usually get any leftover food packed.

“We pack and give it to the customers,” he added.

His opinion was seconded by Hotels and Restaurant Associa tion of Western India (HRWI) “Consumers today are con scious about not wasting their food and don’t place orders which they can’t finish. More over, restaurants and hotels have collaborated with NGOS who collect excess food, and dis tribute it among the poor and the underprivileged,” said Dilip Datwani, president, HRWAI.