Friends who like to shop online
Did you find it?
Some e-commerce platforms have a lot of food on them
Labeled "Agricultural Research Institute" or
"Agricultural colleges and universities" and other developments
Looks particularly reliable?
Some of them are hard to distinguish between the real and the fake?
Don't say it
Be careful!
The Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences found out
Multiple products on some platforms
All of them fraudulently used the logo and title of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences
R&D products are counterfeited
It is difficult for scientific research institutes to defend their rights
As early as a year ago, the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences found that a store on an e-commerce platform had been selling a Ganoderma lucidum spore powder for a long time, and claimed that only the Ganoderma lucidum spore powder sold in the store was an internal genuine product of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences.
However, the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences did not recognize this, so it entrusted its authorized enterprise to communicate with the e-commerce.
Wang Jiawei, Marketing Director of Authorized Enterprises Affiliated to Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences:
The customer service falsely claimed that the boss was an employee of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, but after our verification with the Academy of Agricultural Sciences, there was no such situation.
At present, this online store is still selling products under the banner of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences and our brand.
And there is more than one such situation!
Zhou Changyan, director of the Achievement Transformation Division of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, told reporters that in 2022, a law firm was commissioned to investigate the infringement of the use of the logo of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences by some Internet e-commerce platforms, and it was found that more than 20 stores were still using the logo of the Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and the sales of products related to the achievements of the Academy of Agricultural Sciences were found.
For the above phenomenon
The Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences decided to defend its rights
Zhou Changyan, Director of the Achievement Transformation Division of Shanghai Academy of Agricultural Sciences:
We have entrusted two affiliated achievement transformation platforms to reflect to the relevant market supervision and management departments.
But this situation still exists:
1. Lack of experience in defending rights;
Second, in terms of manpower, material resources, and financial resources, they are actually relatively lacking;
Therefore, it is difficult to do the corresponding rights protection behavior.
Legal experts said that the chaos of "food from the Academy of Agricultural Sciences" has had a negative impact on the reputation of many agricultural research institutes and infringed on the rights and interests of consumers. In this regard, the market supervision department should take the initiative to attack, and scientific research institutes should also dare to defend their rights.
A variety of snacks named "Agricultural University" and "Academy of Agricultural Sciences".
False propaganda
Nowadays, snacks are also popular with "highly educated"
"XX Academy of Agricultural Sciences" developed,
"XX University" development, etc
have become the selling point of some snacks "green and healthy".
Are these propaganda real?
Recently, the Shanghai Municipal Consumer Protection Commission
It's just a pair of things called
Snacks for "Ninety (Zero) Nongda Vegetable Rolls".
An investigation was launched
This is a puffed food named "Jiu0 Agricultural University Vegetable Roll", which is marked with the words "Northeast Agricultural University" on its online sales link, and the word "Agricultural University" is also printed on the packaging of its products, which seems to be closely related to "Northeast Agricultural University".
An investigation by the staff of the Shanghai Municipal Consumer Rights Protection Commission found that the snack was sold on multiple e-commerce platforms, with the highest one selling more than 30,000 pieces.
Well, this hot-selling snack
What is the relationship with Northeast Agricultural University?
The Shanghai Municipal Commission for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests sent a letter of inquiry to Northeast Agricultural University and received a reply.
Weng Yuxiao, a staff member of the Shanghai Municipal Consumer Rights Protection Commission, said that the university's reply made it clear that Northeast Agricultural University, as a higher education institution, does not carry out external production and operation, and vegetable rolls are not products produced by the school, and the product promotion is not true.
Northeast Agricultural University also said that the school has not carried out any cooperation with the entrusted manufacturer and the entrusted manufacturer on the packaging of the goods.
Previously, the "oatmeal of the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences", which ranked second on the "Meal Replacement Oatmeal Hit List" on an e-commerce platform, also claimed to be developed by the Agricultural Products Processing Institute of the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences and recommended by the Taiyuan Dietitians Association, and its sales volume has exceeded 20,000.
However, the Shanghai Municipal Consumer Rights Protection Commission and the Shanxi Academy of Agricultural Sciences received a reply after verification: the promotional content of this oatmeal is not true, and this product has not been recommended.
this year
Shanghai Municipal Commission for the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests
Thirteen types of online sales were randomly selected
Claimed by the "Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Agricultural University" and other institutions
Foods involved in research and development
and carry out investigation and verification
Among them—
5 products were explicitly denied by relevant agencies to be related
Four products were confirmed to participate in R&D
The remaining four paragraphs did not provide a clear response
Some of the "academic fraud" Internet celebrity snacks
The quality inspection is not up to standard
Some of the merchants
Labeling the snacks sold as "highly educated"
I just want consumers to mistakenly think
It's higher quality, more "green and healthy"
But what's really going on?
Recently, Shanghai Consumer Protection invited the Shanghai Nutritional Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Station to test the nutritional content of the "Jiu Nong University Vegetable Roll" marked with "Northeast Agricultural University".
It was found that this "Nine Farmers Vegetable Roll" -
The measured protein content was 7.49 grams per 100 grams, which was lower than the 10.0 grams per 100 grams on the package label.
The measured fat content was 21.8 grams per 100 grams, which was higher than the 15.8 grams per 100 grams as stated on the package.
Measured levels of protein and fat
All of them do not meet the allowable error range of the national standard
Shi Rong, a senior engineer at the Shanghai Nutritional Food Quality Supervision and Inspection Station, said that the test results were significantly lower than the labeled content in accordance with the relevant requirements of the national standards, indicating that the consumption of this product was far from reaching its claimed nutritional content, and its fat content was much higher than the labeled value.
Encountering "academic fraud" snacks
How can I defend my rights?
so
For counterfeit products of scientific research institutes
Or directly with the name of the scientific research institute
How should counterfeiting be regulated?
How can consumers protect their rights?
Shan Feiyue, a professor at the Law School of Shanghai University of Finance and Economics, pointed out that if the content of the advertisement and the quality of the product do not match the actual situation, if the content of the advertisement and the quality of the product are not consistent with the actual situation, then these acts constitute an infringement of the consumer's right to know.
According to legal experts, the mainland's "Advertising Law" and "E-Commerce Law" both clearly require that business operators must not deceive or mislead consumers, and must not carry out false or misleading commercial promotions. The market regulation departments, consumer rights and interests protection organizations, and e-commerce platforms shall all perform corresponding oversight and management duties and duties to protect consumer rights and interests for such conduct suspected of infringing on consumer rights and interests.
Shan Feiyue, Professor, School of Law, Shanghai University of Finance and Economics:
In particular, platforms shall conduct corresponding supervision and management of the relevant acts of business operators on the platform.
Legal experts advise consumers to keep evidence when encountering such incidents, claim compensation from merchants or platforms, or complain to the market supervision and administration department and file a lawsuit with the people's court.
Have you ever bought it?
A product that "looks reliable"?
Will people place orders because of these "names"?
Source: CCTV's "Common Concern" column