According to Article 124 of the Food Safety Law, if the value of expired food is less than 6.5438+0 million yuan, in addition to confiscation of illegal income and expired food, a fine of more than 50,000 yuan and less than 6.5438+0 million yuan will be imposed. In this regard, such punishment is completely disposed of according to law, and the doubts of merchants are cognitive.
First of all, the legal awareness of merchants is obviously insufficient, which eventually leads to doubts about the punishment results.
In this incident, merchants questioned such punishment for two main reasons. First, this is the first time they have made such a mistake. The other is that the food value is too low, 10 bottles of drinks are worth 25 yuan. For these two reasons, they questioned that it should not be punished like this. The situation and reasons explained by the merchants have no legal basis at all, so from a legal point of view, they cannot be established at all. This shows that businesses care.
Secondly, expired food is potentially harmful to consumers, and such punishment is reasonable.
I believe many people have the habit of not looking at the date of production, so such 10 bottles of expired drinks will be eaten after sale. The unit price of food is very low, but for consumers, it is not a question of money, but a question of health. Health can't be bought with money at all, so this punishment is a kind of protective behavior for consumers and is reasonable.
Finally, the issue of food safety should not be underestimated. I hope businesses can learn a lesson.
There are obvious problems in business events, and their shelves should be cleaned regularly. This situation belongs to the normal business scope and is the responsibility of the merchants themselves. If you want to make money from this, you must bear the responsibility of management. The fine is quite heavy, but only in this way can the safety of consumers be truly guaranteed, so businesses can only be reminded to be vigilant and pay attention to such things. ?
The above is my personal opinion. If you have any other ideas, please post them in the comments section.