Paying ten times the price or three times the loss is different from the general tort damages. The purpose of joint damage compensation is to fill the losses suffered by the victims, and the amount of compensation is not higher than the damages suffered by the victims.
The above-mentioned ten-fold compensation or three-fold loss obviously exceeds the loss suffered by the buyer, which belongs to punitive compensation for food production, processing, sales or catering service providers.
Legal basis: Article 148 of People's Republic of China (PRC) Food Safety Law. Consumers who eat food that does not meet the food safety standards may claim compensation from the operators or producers.
The producers and operators who accept the consumer's claim for compensation shall implement the first responsibility system, pay in advance, and shall not shirk; If it is the producer's responsibility, the operator has the right to recover from the producer after compensation;
If it is the responsibility of the operator, the producer has the right to recover from the operator after compensation. Producing food that does not meet food safety standards or operating food that is known to fail to meet food safety standards;
In addition to demanding compensation for losses, consumers can also demand compensation of ten times the price or three times the loss from producers or operators; If the additional compensation amount is less than 1000 yuan, it is 1000 yuan.
However, the labels and instructions of food have the defects of not affecting food safety and not misleading consumers.