What the person above said is wrong!
Issuing an appraisal report is not expensive and is very common in daily life. There are many similar cases every year. Many wineries, including Jiannanchun and Moutai, have dedicated anti-counterfeiting personnel. As for him saying that the reporter must be the trademark holder, this is also wrong. Anyone can report it, and then the Industrial and Commercial Administration will verify it with the trademark holder. In addition, reporting only requires a real-name report and preliminary evidence, which is generally easy to provide.
In terms of procedures, the Industrial and Commercial Bureau may not be thorough enough in some places, such as not sealing the boxes, but the documents should be issued such as a detention list with specific quantities on it, so it is not necessary. Sealing the box actually doesn't matter. Even if it is sealed, you will have to open it and take samples for identification when you go back to the Industrial and Commercial Bureau.
As for not asking you to participate in the appraisal, there is nothing to say about this. The Industry and Commerce Bureau will directly give the seized samples to the manufacturer and let the manufacturer issue an appraisal report.
There is also the issue you mentioned about your previous employer. Regardless of whether he admits it or not, your behavior of selling goods that infringes on the exclusive rights of others’ registered trademarks has already occurred. According to the trademark law, you should indeed be punished. Moreover, the chances of winning when suing the Industrial and Commercial Bureau is almost zero. Every year, a branch of the Industrial and Commercial Bureau or even an industrial and commercial office handles hundreds of such cases. They are familiar with the process and relevant laws, so it is impossible to find loopholes to win the case.
Your case is a very, very typical trademark infringement case. The basic reconsideration success rate is 0, so my suggestion is to ask your supplier for damages.