The most profitable product in the maternal and child industry should belong to milk powder. A few years ago, in order to obtain illegal income, many unscrupulous merchants took risks and refilled high-priced recycled milk powder cans into the market, causing many parents to suffer economic losses and hurting many children in the growth and development stage. After the incident was exposed, many parents invariably smashed their used milk powder cans and discarded them, and did not sell them to recyclers, thus putting an end to the channels for recycling by criminals. Let's praise these just parents first, and then find out what these used milk powder cans are for.
To understand why some people recycle, we must first understand the material of milk powder cans.
There are two main forms of milk powder packaging in the market: metal cans and aluminum foil PE soft packaging. Some imported milk powder products can also be seen in the form of carton packaging.
There is no obvious difference in the quality and shelf life between tin cans and aluminum foil PE soft packaging milk powder. Filling inert gas such as nitrogen or carbon dioxide can prolong the shelf life of the product. Considering the quality and safety of products, the state requires that infant milk powder must be packaged in aluminum foil structure, and other products such as adult milk powder can be packaged in aluminum-plated structure.
1, which is recycled back to the waste recycling station and becomes the raw material for recycling resources.
It is not difficult to see that the main materials of milk powder cans are iron sheet, aluminum foil (too little and too thin to be recycled) and plastic PE, which are no different from our daily garbage. The unit price of the waste recycling station is 2.3 cents a catty. So milk powder cans are mixed with our daily garbage and sold to recycling stations.
2, flow to illegal vendors, illegal canning
Nowadays, the rise of the Internet has enabled a lot of information happening around us to spread in time, which has led some media to deliberately distort a lot of things in order to get traffic click-through rates, because there is no cost in fabricating lies. For example, laver used to be made of plastic, dental floss was made of cotton and so on. And everyone has not verified it, but it has been circulated in the circle of friends.
As long as these rumors are from related industries, they will be known through cost calculation, because the cost of real goods plus labor is cheaper than counterfeiting. Without huge profits, there is no need for people to make fakes. Of course, there are still a few lawless elements who continue to make fake milk powder with luck. If you encounter such a situation, please be sure to provide clues to the police and relevant authorities to report their bad behavior.
Regarding the recycling of milk powder cans in many maternal and infant stores, one milk powder can 15 yuan is emphasized here.
Now let's take a look at the canning process of regular milk powder.
When filling milk powder, seal it once, then fill it from the bottom, and then pack it. Avoid pollution to the greatest extent during the whole process, while keeping the milk powder dry. A production line can't go down without100 w.
The cost of fraud
We have an unsealed milk powder can with a zipper on it. These clamshell seals are made of special materials, and the sizes and specifications of milk powder cans of each manufacturer are different. Even if 4-5 hot-selling models are made, the cost of each mold opening ranges from 500,000 to 200,000, and the cost of opening a single lid is at least 200,000, not including the later mass production, because it can't reach a certain scale after mold opening, such as tens of thousands of pulls. This is another cost.
Bottle and jar renovation, external packaging customization, bulk purchase of raw materials, site lease, equipment purchase, and personnel expenses. These packages can't be made without the investment of hundreds of thousands and millions. The problem is that people who can invest hundreds of thousands in their hands may not necessarily choose such illegal things to do.
Do you still have that milk powder can for 20 yuan?
At present, the production cost of empty cans is not high, there is no need for large enterprises to recycle old milk powder cans, and the anti-counterfeiting labels of major enterprises are becoming more and more scientific, basically eliminating counterfeiting. At the same time, some first-line brands, such as Hui X and Mei Z Chen, have launched green recycling plans for recycling milk powder cans. They unconditionally recycle their milk powder cans and use them for other renewable resources instead of secondary filling, so as to promote their green and low-carbon corporate culture.
Where are the fake goods mainly concentrated?
Most of the negative information we see now occurs in purchasing overseas milk powder. Because of the previous melamine tainted milk powder incident, domestic consumers lost trust and recognition of domestic brand milk powder, so everyone is keen to find some overseas purchasing in the circle of friends.
Because it is a foreign standard, the parameters on the bottle are all in foreign languages, and the packaging standards are not uniform. Ordinary people can't judge whether it is genuine or not, and whether it is in line with food safety.
It really doesn't matter whether you buy it or not, but some illegal purchasing agents have found business opportunities here. They bought inferior milk powder raw materials in local cans and forged them, and then sold them to China through purchasing. In this way, the child ate inferior milk powder and was damaged. He wanted to trace the source and claim compensation nationwide, but he could not find information or contact anyone at all.
In recent years, due to the strict control and supervision of milk powder by relevant domestic departments, all brands of milk powder have established a traceability system, which can find out the specific production batch, date, place of origin, milk source, what grass cows eat, which batch of milk and which operator can find out, which is equivalent to escorting our consumption, and domestic milk powder has gradually been recognized by consumers.
What does the maternal and infant store need these cans for?
Many maternal and infant stores, under the banner of recycling milk powder cans, can attract parents to continue shopping in their own maternal and infant stores and increase their channels of obtaining customers, which is a disguised means of promotion.
What are the routines of milk powder sold by merchants?
A. Empty cans instead of gold coupons can only be used on designated milk powder (most of this milk powder is temporary or unsalable, so treasure moms should pay attention to the distinction when buying).
B six empty cans for 1 barrel of the same milk powder (in fact, we said to buy 6 for free 1).
C. Maternal and infant stores recycle empty cans and smash them in front of consumers to show innocence: the essence of recycling milk powder cans in physical stores is indirect price change, which is a promotion method formulated by regional marketing specialists of dairy enterprises. Recycled milk powder cans can not only effectively promote terminal sales, but also distribute empty cans to many physical stores for display, with low display cost and prevention of theft.
There is nothing wrong with merchants selling rings with empty cans, not reusing illegal cans. Parents can scientifically purchase according to their actual situation.
3. Many recycled milk powder cans have become DIY crafts.
Part of it is that parents are reluctant to throw it away, thinking that these things can exercise their children's hands-on ability and inspire their thinking, so they process milk powder cans into some daily necessities, such as mosquito-repellent incense boxes, pen holders, shoe changing stools, or children's toys.
There are also some online shop sellers who process the recycled bottles into all kinds of strange handmade products and make a little money to sell them to some parents who can't accompany their children to do manual work because of their busy work, which is also a kind of regret for parents.
Finally, let's see how to avoid buying fake milk powder.
1, purchase method
Purchasing milk powder with explosive explosions and simple packaging is the easiest to fake. Therefore, parents try to buy milk powder in large chain maternal and child stores and supermarkets, or they can buy it in the official flagship store online. Because these stores have certain requirements and audit systems for their own commodity qualifications, they can avoid buying three no products to some extent.
2. Pay attention to the logo on the milk powder can.
Regular milk powder: the registration number will be clearly marked on the package! "Chinese food notes YP+4-digit year number +4-digit serial number"
Special medical milk powder: Some babies will choose this milk powder on the advice of doctors due to malnutrition and other reasons. Parents must pay attention to the difference. Regular special medical milk powder will definitely indicate the registration number on the package: "national food note TY+4-digit year number +4-digit serial number".
We can inquire relevant information through the "State Administration of Market Supervision-Special Food Information Inquiry Platform"
Step 3 look at the ingredient list
Regular milk powder packaging will indicate: the word milk powder and how big is it suitable for children?
Finally, I hope all children in the world can grow up healthily and happily.