On May 11, 2024, the investigation and handling of the three trough meat companies involved were completed, and the food safety production licenses of the three companies were revoked and fined 12.87 million yuan. As a food production company, three companies have basically been closed down. Moreover, the heads of the three companies will also be held legally responsible.
According to the provisions of the National Food Safety Law, in addition to claiming compensation for losses, consumers can also demand compensation of ten times the price or three times the loss from the producer or operator for the production of food that does not meet the safety production standards or the operation of food that is known to be non-meeting food safety standards. This means that consumers can refund one and pay ten, which is also punitive damages.
From this point of view, what Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection said before is completely misleading consumers. A refund of one and a loss of three refers to three times the amount of the loss.
Moreover, this incident will also urge Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection to prove their innocence. According to the situation description of Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection before, now Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection need to solve two problems:
1. Whether the evidence submitted by Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection can ensure that the plum cabbage button meat they purchased did not use trough meat
According to the results of this investigation of the manufacturers involved, there are major problems with the records of the manufacturers involved in the purchase and delivery of goods, and there is also the problem of changing the production date. The key point is that the manufacturer does not have strict inspection and inspection of the raw material purchase itself, which makes it impossible to determine which batch uses the trough meat. This also brought difficulties to Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection to prove that they did not use trough meat from this aspect.
Therefore, from this aspect, there is a high probability that no department will dare to stand up and speak for Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection, and dare to confirm that there is no problem with the plum vegetables and meat they sell. Moreover, the fact that the manufacturer involved has ceased business and does not have food safety production qualifications is enough to show that the entire production process is problematic.
Second, Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection need to prove that they don't know that the plum cabbage button meat they purchased is using trough meat
Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection can prove that they don't know that the plum cabbage button meat they purchased uses trough meat, and I'm afraid that the only evidence they signed is the agency sales contract they signed.
However, logically, neither Brother Yang nor Dongfang Selection could prove that they did not know. After all, the plum vegetables and meat on the market are more than 15 yuan each. The plum vegetable button meat sold by Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection is only sold for less than 6 yuan. It is conceivable that the purchase price of Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection should be around 3-4 yuan. With such a low price and such an unreasonable price, how did Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection ensure product quality. And at this point, Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection also need to announce the purchase price of their plum vegetables and meat in order to be able to convince the public.
Therefore, in terms of logical relationship, Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection cannot prove their innocence. For any consumer, we all know that "cheap is not good". What's more, it is far lower than the public perception of the price?
To sum up, what Brother Xiao Yang and Dongfang Selection are facing is to apologize quickly and fulfill the responsibility of paying ten, after all, this money is nothing to the two big companies!