According to Article 148 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, any production or sale of counterfeit or shoddy food is expressly prohibited and must be punished. If found to have committed such violations, the market supervision and administration department will order them to make corrections and impose a fine of 5,000 yuan or more than 50,000 yuan. For serious violations, the Market Supervision and Administration Department may also revoke the relevant license. In addition, it should be noted that, for the crime of producing and selling counterfeit and shoddy food, the relevant responsible persons will also be subject to various forms of penalties and prosecutions, such as administrative penalties, criminal penalties and other forms of penalties. Therefore, once the issue of food safety is involved, the relevant enterprises and individuals must be extra cautious and always bear in mind their social responsibility.
Do consumers have any rights and interest protection measures against the production and sale of counterfeit and substandard food? Yes, in the process of purchasing food, if consumers find that the products they buy are counterfeit or shoddy, they can defend their rights in accordance with the Protection of Consumer Rights and Interests Law of the People's Republic of China*** and other relevant laws and regulations. Specifically, consumers can safeguard their legitimate rights and interests by reporting to the relevant departments, filing complaints, and requesting the return of goods.
According to Article 148 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China*** and the People's Republic of China, the production and sale of counterfeit and shoddy food will be severely penalized and punished. Relevant enterprises and individuals must always be vigilant and strictly abide by relevant laws and regulations in order to ensure food quality and consumer health and safety. At the same time, consumers should always pay attention to the food products they buy, reflect any problems in a timely manner, and defend their rights through legal channels.
Legal basis:
"Chinese People's **** and State Food Safety Law" Article 147 Violation of the provisions of this law, resulting in personal, property or other damage, shall bear the liability. Production and operation of property is not enough to bear civil liability and pay fines, penalties, civil liability first. Second, how to defend the rights of consumers when the rights and interests of damaged 1, repair, rework, replacement 2, return. Return there are two kinds of cases: (1) the operator to provide goods or delivery of staple goods do not meet the quality standards; (2) the provision of goods in the price, use and other aspects of deceptive publicity.3, make up the number of commodities; 4, refund of the purchase price and service charges; 5, compensation for damages. (1) If the operator provides goods or services that cause damage to the property of the consumer, the consumer may request the operator to settle the matter by way of compensation for loss if the above methods cannot be used to remedy the situation. (2) If the operator infringes on the human dignity of consumers or violates the personal freedom of consumers, the operator shall stop the infringement, restore the reputation, eliminate the influence, apologize, and compensate for the loss.