the relevant departments will punish the verified false propaganda according to law, so as to maintain a fair competitive market environment.

1. Identification of false propaganda in catering industry

In catering industry, there are various forms of false propaganda, including but not limited to exaggerating the nutritional composition of food, fabricating the source of ingredients, using false pictures or descriptions, etc. To identify false catering propaganda, we usually need to consider the following aspects:

1. Whether the propaganda content is true and accurate: the content promoted by the merchants should be consistent with the actual services or products provided, and no exaggeration or fiction is allowed.

2. Is the publicity method legal and compliant? Merchants should abide by relevant laws, regulations and industry regulations in the publicity process, and shall not use fraudulent, misleading and other improper means.

3. Are consumers misled? The false propaganda behavior of merchants should lead consumers to misunderstand or mislead, thus making wrong consumption decisions.

ii. penalties for false propaganda in catering

relevant regulatory authorities will impose penalties according to law for false propaganda in catering to maintain market order and protect consumers' rights and interests. Specific penalties include:

1. Administrative penalties: The regulatory authorities may impose administrative penalties such as fines and revocation of business licenses on businesses according to the severity of false propaganda.

2. Civil compensation: If consumers suffer losses due to false propaganda, they have the right to ask the merchants to bear civil liabilities, including compensation for losses.

3. Criminal investigation: For serious false propaganda, if it is suspected of committing a crime, relevant departments will investigate criminal responsibility according to law.

To sum up:

The identification and punishment of false catering propaganda is an important means to maintain market order and protect consumers' rights and interests. When identifying false propaganda, we need to comprehensively consider the authenticity of propaganda content, the legitimacy of propaganda methods and whether consumers are misled. For the verified false propaganda behavior, the relevant departments will impose penalties according to law to maintain a fair competitive market environment.

Legal basis:

Article 8 of the Law of the People's Republic of China against Unfair Competition

stipulates:

Business operators shall not make false or misleading commercial propaganda on the performance, function, quality, sales status, user evaluation, and honors of their products, so as to deceive or mislead consumers.

Article 28 of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China

stipulates:

An advertisement that deceives or misleads consumers with false or misleading contents constitutes a false advertisement. An advertisement is a false advertisement in any of the following circumstances: (1) The commodity or service does not exist; (2) Information such as the performance, function, origin, use, quality, specifications, ingredients, price, producer, expiration date, sales status, and honors of the goods, or information such as the content, provider, form, quality, price, sales status, and honors of the services, and information related to the goods or services are inconsistent with the actual situation, which has a substantial impact on the purchase behavior; (3) using fictitious, forged or unverifiable scientific research achievements, statistical data, survey results, abstracts, quotations and other information as supporting materials; (4) Fictitiously using goods or receiving services; (5) Other circumstances that deceive or mislead consumers with false or misleading contents.