This morning, the launching ceremony and press conference of the 23rd Binzhou Winter Jujube Festival were held in Jinan, and Tian Lizhen, secretary general of the Secretariat of the Shandong Consumers Association, introduced the measures taken by Tian Lizhen, secretary general of the Secretariat of the Shandong Provincial Consumer Association, to give full play to the exclusive right to use the "Winter Jujube" trademark and the right to protect the trademark of the geographical indication of "Zhanhua Winter Jujube" and effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
Over the years, dipped winter jujube with excellent quality and unique taste, deeply loved by the majority of consumers. However, every year from the beginning of autumn or even earlier, there are always some vendors in wholesale markets, shopping malls, supermarkets and networks to sell jujubes, bell dates and other local winter dates counterfeit "dipped winter dates", damaging the reputation of dips and infringing on the legitimate rights and interests of consumers. The Consumer Association and relevant departments such as market supervision have the responsibility to take measures to effectively prevent and crack down on the illegal acts of selling counterfeit and stained winter dates and protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
Thoroughly carry out activities to crack down on counterfeiting of winter dates and safeguard rights
Every year, the local consumer association sends a "Letter of Entrustment of Investigation" to the market supervision departments of large and medium-sized cities across the country, requesting assistance in investigating and punishing the illegal acts of selling counterfeit "Dipped Winter Jujube" and infringing the exclusive right to use the trademark "Dipped Winter Jujube" in their respective jurisdictions, and organizing law enforcement personnel to go to large shopping malls and fruit wholesale markets across the country to carry out counterfeiting of "Dipped Winter Jujube" anti-counterfeiting activities.
Timely release warnings on the consumption of dipped winter dates
Before the listing of dipped winter dates, the Provincial Consumer Association issued a warning on the consumption of dipped winter dates to the society in a timely manner, reminding consumers to do "two looks and one check" when purchasing dip winter dates, and improve the ability to identify counterfeit "dip winter dates" by looking at the appearance, looking at the listing time, and checking the qualifications of dealers.
Promptly accept and handle consumer complaints and reports
Coordinate and promote local consumer associations, market supervision and other departments to accept complaints and reports about "dipped winter dates" in a timely manner. Acts or clues that are determined in the process of acceptance that infringe upon the exclusive right to use the "Dipped Winter Jujube" trademark and the right to protect the geographical indication trademark shall be promptly transferred to the local market supervision department, and the local market supervision department shall investigate and deal with it in accordance with law.
Tian Lizhen introduced that the winter jujube is a rare jujube planted in accordance with standardized production technical regulations within the geographical scope of Binzhou City, Shandong Province, with late maturity and strong seasonality. Greenhouse dipped winter dates in mid-September successively picked and listed, field winter dates at the end of September and early October successively picked and listed, Reaching a climax in October, the fresh shelf life is only about 90 days, and the winter dates listed and sold outside this period (winter dates sold in the spot manner on the Internet) are not dipped winter dates. When purchasing dipped winter dates, it is necessary to understand and grasp the listing time and identification characteristics of the dipped winter dates, polish the eyes, and purchase correctly, if the legitimate rights and interests are infringed, they should promptly complain or report to the local consumer association organization or market supervision department.
Lightning News editor Li Jinyan reports