Duck blood is fake, expired food is fake production date, imported frozen meat has not been inspected and quarantined... These prominent problems that annoy and annoy the people are the key areas where market supervision risks are the greatest. The State Administration of Market Regulation organized the national market supervision departments to carry out the "iron fist" action of investigating and handling cases in the field of people's livelihood, focusing on key commodities related to the life, health and safety of the masses, eliminating a number of black dens and black workshops, tracking down the source of production and sales networks, and striving to eradicate the entire illegal industrial chain.
Fake duck blood seized by law enforcement officers (Image courtesy of SAMR)
A black den in Huaiyin District, Jinan City, Shandong Province, uses chicken blood to impersonate duck blood and processes it into "fresh duck blood", which is mainly sold to hot pot restaurants and Sichuan restaurants. In April 2021, the Jinan Municipal Bureau of Market Supervision, together with the public security organs, jointly carried out law enforcement inspections of black dens and catering units based on the clues reported. After investigation, this black den supplied a total of 32 catering units, and the catering units sold "fresh duck blood" directly as a hot pot dish or processed into Mao Blood Wang and other dishes. Sampling and inspection found that "fresh duck blood" is not only a passing off of chicken blood, but also the added food additives do not meet food safety requirements. The market supervision department has transferred the black dens suspected of committing crimes and the catering units that use fake duck blood to the public security organs for investigation and handling, and the public security organs have taken criminal compulsory measures against the 17 people involved in the case.
Imported frozen meat food seized by law enforcement officers without inspection and quarantine (Photo courtesy of SAMR)
Law enforcement officers conduct law enforcement inspections of imported cold chain food (photo courtesy of SAMR)
On December 23, 2020, law enforcement officers of the Wuxi Municipal Market Supervision Bureau in Jiangsu Province found a box of goose paws produced by foreign enterprises that were not in the "Registered List of Imported Meat Overseas Production Enterprises" during the law enforcement inspection of imported cold chain food. After verifying the information of the supplier enterprise, the law enforcement personnel started from the details such as Alipay transfer records, WeChat circle of friends information, logistics and transportation documents, multi-dimensional inspection of the supply channels of the frozen products involved in the case, and continuously seized 188.2 tons of imported frozen meat food that could not provide inspection and quarantine certificates in the circulation sales and warehousing links, with a value of 1.819 million yuan. The market supervision department confiscated the imported meat involved in the case and fined it 3.656 million yuan.
In order to prevent problem meat from flowing to the table, business operators shall perform the main responsibility for food safety in accordance with laws and regulations, and strictly implement the requirements for epidemic prevention and control of imported cold chain food. In order to prevent food safety risks and the risk of epidemic transmission, imported meat must be purchased through special channels, stored in special areas, and sold in special areas, and it is forbidden to mix with other foods for storage and sale.
On March 10, 2021, during the food safety inspection, the Market Supervision Bureau of Silla District, Longyan City, Fujian Province, found that two staff members in the business premises of Longyan Sanshi Food Co., Ltd. were scrubbing the production date on the outer packaging of the bubble duck claw with turpentine oil, and a large number of pickled duck claws without a production date were seized at the scene. Law enforcement officers seized 25,929 pickled duck claws suspected of marking false production dates and no production dates, revoked food production licenses, and fined them 418,800 yuan.
Enzyme jelly seized by law enforcement officers for illegally added drugs (Image courtesy of SAMR)
"Qingyuan fruit enzyme literacy yan jelly", "daily white compound enzyme jelly", "Yan Ruya enzyme jelly", these beautiful looking snack foods, in fact, hidden danger. The Food Safety Law stipulates that no drugs shall be added to the food produced and traded. Some foods on the market that claim to have health care functions and actually illegally add pharmaceutical ingredients have been the target of severe crackdowns by market supervision departments.
On October 21, 2020, the Market Supervision Bureau of Tong'an District, Xiamen City, Fujian Province, conducted an on-site inspection of Xiamen Duhaomai Food Co., Ltd. based on the clues of the report, and found that the company's employees were producing jelly falsely marked with production date, factory name and factory site. After testing, in the company's production of "Qingyuan Fruit Enzyme Literacy Yan Jelly", "Daily White Compound Enzyme Jelly", "Yan Ruya Enzyme Jelly" 3 jelly products and raw materials used, high concentrations of senna A, senna B, suspected drug components, easy to make people drug dependence. Fortunately, the more than 100,000 problem jelly seized this time has not yet been sold out of the factory, and the law enforcement officers confiscated the relevant products and ingredients, and fined 536,000 yuan.
On July 5, 2021, the Market Supervision Bureau of Jiyuan City, Henan Province, received a complaint from a consumer that the pollen yam tableting candy purchased by it had a very good hypoglycemic effect after taking it, but at the same time a series of adverse reactions occurred. After testing, "glibenclamide" was detected in the tablet candy, which is a prescription Western drug with obvious hypoglycemic effect, which can only be used by specific groups of people and needs to be taken under the guidance of a doctor. The Jiyuan Municipal Market Supervision Bureau and the public security organs jointly deployed and controlled, arrested the sellers and producers of the case, and seized 30 bottles of tablet candy, involving an amount of more than 200,000 yuan. In accordance with the requirements of the execution linkage work, the case has been transferred to the public security organs.
According to reports, the investigation and handling of cases in the field of people's livelihood is close to the key service industries of the "Iron Fist" action close to the lives of the masses, and strictly investigates 8 types of illegal acts, including the production and sale of inferior children's toys, the sale of liquor that infringes the exclusive right to use registered trademarks, the production and sale of inferior steel bars and cables that "cut corners", the illegal renovation of "black gas cylinders", the "arbitrary charging" of intermediary agencies, and the publication of false advertisements for "divine doctors" and "miracle drugs". Since the beginning of this year, the State Administration for Market Regulation has published seven typical cases of violations investigated and handled by the "Iron Fist" action, interpreting the law with cases, continuously releasing the deterrent effect, and enhancing the people's awareness of identifying fakes and self-protection.
The relevant person in charge of the Law Enforcement and Inspection Bureau of the State Administration of Market Supervision said that it is necessary to achieve the law enforcement effect of investigating and handling a case, warning a piece, deterring for several years, letting supervision "grow teeth" and making lawbreakers pay a price, effectively curbing regional and industrial prominent problems, and creating a safe and secure consumption environment for the people. (Reporter Zhao Wenjun)