Recently, a Hong Kong Consumer Council test report revealed that some of the samples were found to contain vomitoxin after testing 30 different brands of beer in Hong Kong. This includes the well-known domestic brand Harbin Beer.
As soon as this news came out, it immediately caused an uproar on the Internet. Many consumers expressed concern, disappointment, and anger. Because this toxin is harmful to the human body, drinking small doses for a long time can also cause damage to health.
As a well-known brand in China, Harbin Beer should be most responsible for product quality. However, its performance in this event was not satisfactory. In response to the test results, Harbin Beer responded that the beer was only sold in China and met national standards. This is undoubtedly a double standard in dealing with mainland consumers, showing the attitude of enterprises.
In fact, whether in the Mainland or Hong Kong, there should be no difference in consumer food safety requirements and standards. Companies should put consumer health first and not adopt different quality standards just because they are selling to different people.
Harbin Beer's response this time was full of prevarication and justification, and did not really stand from the perspective of consumers. This not only harms the rights and interests of consumers, but also loses the social responsibility of enterprises.
As a well-known brand, Harbin Beer should first actively cooperate with the investigation, find out the problem and rectify it in time. And consumers should apologize and take responsibility accordingly, instead of making excuses for everything.
In fact, in such an incident, we should not only blame the enterprise. Regulators should clearly take on greater responsibility than corporate social responsibility.
The root cause of the frequent occurrence of food safety problems is the lack of government supervision. If a sound quality standard system and supervision mechanism can be established, there is no possibility for enterprises to challenge the bottom line of supervision in compliance.
Therefore, government regulators must reflect on their own failures and shortcomings in food safety supervision. It is necessary to increase the supervision of food production enterprises, improve the supervision system, so that products that do not meet the standards have nowhere to hide, so that enterprises do not dare to joke about the health of consumers.
At the same time, the regulatory authorities also need to strengthen the scientific research and risk assessment of various food additives and technological processes, and establish a systematic legislation and standard system. In addition, it is necessary to carry out continuous and dynamic inspection and evaluation of the standards, revise and improve them in a timely manner, and ensure that the standards are scientific, reasonable and realistic.
On the other hand, the regulatory authorities should strengthen the monitoring of the whole process of food production, establish a quality traceability system, and quickly locate the responsible party and take measures once problems are found.
Of course, there is no place outside the law for supervision, and the regulatory authorities themselves also need to be supervised to avoid the lack of supervision and leave opportunities to take advantage of. Establish a food safety governance system with the participation of the government, enterprises and society, and form a joint force, so that there are no loopholes in each link and illegal enterprises have nowhere to hide.
In fact, the media and public scrutiny played an important role in this incident. It is the media that exposes the problem, pushes companies to make corrections, and prompts the government to tighten regulation. This shows the power of public participation.
Therefore, as ordinary consumers, we must also actively fulfill our social responsibilities, keep an eye on food safety issues, expose the problems found to the media in a timely manner, and defend our legitimate rights and interests through legal channels. Only when governments, businesses and consumers work together can we continue to improve food safety control.
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