Recently, the Huainan Intermediate People's Court in Anhui Province pronounced a verdict on the production and sale of toxic and harmful food "saliva and oil", which caused heated discussions.
As the name suggests, the so-called "saliva oil" refers to the catering industry that collects the leftovers from customers' meals, filters out the residue, and collects the fat floating on it. Because this kind of grease has been mixed with the customer's saliva, it is called "saliva oil".
"Saliva oil" contains not only bacteria and viruses, but also carcinogens, and even the transmission of diseases.
Normally, "saliva oil" should be disposed of as garbage and should never be eaten again.
However, what is unexpected is that some restaurants and restaurants bring "saliva oil" to the table for customers to eat in order to chase huge profits.
What's even more unexpected is that the Irichuan Mao belly hot pot restaurant in Tianjia'an District has let customers eat "saliva oil" for 3 years.
The so-called good and evil will be rewarded in the end, and bad deeds must be paid a heavy price.
Thirteen defendants, including Niu and Wang, were convicted and punished by the court for the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food, and were sentenced to 12 years to one year in prison and fined between 1.25 million and 2,000 yuan.
In addition, the hot pot restaurant and the 13 defendants were also fined more than 5.12 million yuan in punitive damages for public interest litigation.
The verdict in this case can be described as very gratifying. Not only has it punished hot pot restaurants and related illegal and criminal personnel who use "saliva and oil" to harm people in accordance with the law, but more importantly, it can have a warning effect of "killing chickens and monkeys".
What is certain is that giving customers "saliva oil" is not an "invention and creation" of the Irichuan Mao Belly Hot Pot Restaurant, nor is it a "unique secret" of the Irichuan Mao Belly Hot Pot Restaurant. There must be other restaurants and restaurants that also use "saliva oil" in order to make huge profits, but they have not been found.
This time, the Irichuan Mao belly hot pot restaurant was sentenced to fine, hoping to sound the alarm for those restaurants and restaurants that do not operate in accordance with the law, and warn them to operate in accordance with the law.
Of course, it is not enough to rely on "killing chickens and monkeys" as a warning. It is necessary to not only hang the sword high, but also strengthen management.
In particular, functional departments should strengthen supervision and management, tighten the fence, and not give some lawbreakers a chance to take advantage of it, so as to ensure to a certain extent that "saliva and oil" will no longer be mixed with the table and harm consumers.