The owner of a lamb powder shop in Guizhou adds poppy stalks to the soup and sells them to customers! Prosecuted

On August 23, Nandu reporters learned from the 12309 China Procuratorial Network that Cheng Moumou, the owner of a mutton powder restaurant in Bijie, Guizhou, added poppy stalks to the mutton soup and sold them to customers in order to improve the taste of his boiled mutton soup. The People's Procuratorate of Qixingguan District, Bijie City, Guizhou Province, prosecuted the case and recommended that Cheng be sentenced to one year's imprisonment, suspended for one year, and fined 1,000 yuan.

According to the indictment, defendant Cheng X ran a casserole mutton powder shop in The Qixingguan District of Bijie City. On February 20, 2021, in order to improve the taste of his boiled mutton soup, Cheng Moumou added poppy stalks to the mutton soup and boiled it and sold it to customers. After the appraisal of the Bijie City Public Security Judicial Appraisal Center, morphine ingredients were detected in the mutton soup boiled by Cheng X.

The court held that the defendant Cheng X deliberately mixed poisonous and harmful non-food raw material poppy stalks into the mutton soup produced and sold, and sold it to unspecified consumers, the facts of the crime were clear, the evidence was credible and sufficient, and he should be investigated for criminal liability for the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food. After Cheng xxx arrives at the case, he truthfully confesses the facts of the crime, which is a confession; cheng xxx admits guilt and accepts punishment, and can be treated leniently.

The court recommended that Cheng be sentenced to one year's imprisonment, suspended for one year, and fined RMB 1,000, and at the same time pronounce a restraining order prohibiting him from engaging in food production, sales and related activities during the probationary period of probation.

Written by: Intern An Ziyi Nandu reporter Ao Yinxue