Delivery platforms would need restaurants’ written permission to handle orders

Online delivery services would need written restaurant permission to place customers’ orders and arrange delivery or pickup. This covers outside online services. Grocery stores and convenience stores do not count as restaurants. Services without an agreement would have to remove listings and stop orders within 10 days of receiving the restaurant’s request. These rules would cover orders placed on or after 180 days after the bill becomes law.

The Federal Trade Commission would enforce these requirements and could write rules to carry them out. Enforcement would cover violations of the delivery-service requirements and any rules the agency issues. Violators would face penalties under the Federal Trade Commission Act and receive the protections that law provides. The 180-day start would apply to orders placed on or after that date.

The Federal Trade Commission’s rule on pretending to be the government or a business would have the force of law.