A merchant in Wuxi, Jiangsu was awarded 21.72 million yuan in compensation for selling counterfeit Starbucks coffee. It is reported that this is also the first civil public interest litigation case involving huge compensation for consumption filed by the Jiangsu Consumer Protection Committee, which is of special significance. . As a well-known brand chain store, Starbucks is very popular in China, and there are Starbucks stores in many cities. What is unexpected is that the Starbucks coffee you drink in a Starbucks store may not be authentic. Many consumers may not accept this fact. After all, the consumption of Starbucks is relatively high for ordinary people! It is very unfair to consumers that the Starbucks coffee they bought for the same price turns out to be a counterfeit product! The reason why we want to crack down on counterfeit and shoddy products, especially food fraud, is to ensure the safety of consumers. Many fake and inferior foods are harmful to the human body and will cause long-term harm to the human body! A company in Wuxi sells counterfeit Starbucks coffee

According to the Wuxi police report, Chen and Zhen, the actual controllers of Wuxi Shuangshan Company, were driven by financial interests and purchased Starbucks coffee from others in the name of Shuangshan Company. ?instant coffee. Chen and Zhen knew clearly that the Starbucks coffee they purchased was fake and shoddy products, but they still asked the company's sales staff to sell fake and shoddy coffee nationwide. Under the promotion of the company's sales staff, Zhen and Chen's companies sold more than 19,000 pieces of counterfeit instant coffee in 18 provinces across the country, with a sales volume of more than 7.2 million yuan. It is reported that the coffee packaging sold by Shuangshan Company looks no different from genuine Starbucks coffee. Court verdict

In 2021, the Wuxi Municipal Court held a public hearing on the case. After hearing the case, the court held that in this case, Shuangshan Company knew that the coffee sold externally was counterfeiting the Starbucks trademark, but concealed the truth, passed off the fake as genuine, and conducted fraudulent sales. It violated corresponding obligations and infringed on the legitimate rights and interests of many unspecified consumers. It harms the interests of the public. The court pronounced its first-instance verdict on the case, ruling that Shuangshan Company should publicly apologize to consumers in national media, pay punitive damages of 21.72 million yuan, and bear case acceptance fees, announcement fees, etc. The harm of counterfeit and shoddy products

Both Chen and Zhen paid the price for their actions. We all know that selling counterfeit and shoddy products not only harms others and ourselves, but also causes great harm to consumers’ property. loss. In particular, the sale of fake and shoddy food not only causes consumers to lose property, but may also cause great harm to consumers' health. Food is the most important thing for the people, and we hope that our country will continue to increase the crackdown on counterfeit and shoddy food.