Every year, CCTV's 3 15 party attracts much attention. CCTV reporters visited all walks of life, exposed all kinds of behaviors against consumers, made the consumption trap have nowhere to escape, and protected consumers' rights and interests. This is the significance of the existence of the 3 15 Party.
Looking back on the past 3 15, let's re-examine those exposed enterprises and see the power of consumer rights.
In 2022, the CCTV 3 15 party exposed the process of processing and producing sauerkraut by enterprises. According to CCTV reports, a company named "flag-planting vegetable industry" bought "pit sauerkraut" from outside as sauerkraut in Laotan sauerkraut bag. In the exposed video, sauerkraut is pickled in a dirty pit, and workers smoke cigarettes and step on sauerkraut for processing and bagging. After the incident, the local authorities conducted a carpet investigation on the pickles industry in the county overnight, and then four cadres in Huarong County and Junshan District were suspended or dismissed. The mustard tuber industrial factory stopped production, fresh vegetables were unsalable, and the products were taken off the shelves, like an avalanche. As for flag planting, the company and its responsible person were fined 5.48 million yuan. Legal person Yan and supervisor Xie Zhengxi pledged all the shares of the company. Local enterprises have also carried out rectification and upgrading, established production workshops, promoted automatic production, strengthened process supervision, and created a new pattern of mustard tuber industry development.
Burger King, in 2020, Nanchang Burger King was exposed for not using enough ingredients in the process of making hamburgers, cutting corners, and continuing to use expired ingredients after modifying the shelf life. Expired food is sold to customers as fresh food. Nanchang Municipal Market Supervision Bureau immediately launched an investigation and imposed administrative penalties on six problematic Burger King stores in the city, including confiscation of illegal income and fines amounting to 9 16504.02 yuan. The legal representative was fined, totaling 28 16029.78 yuan. At the same time, a major investigation of food safety risks and a special rectification of food safety in "Hamburg" catering service units were carried out throughout the city.