There is no shortage of such vendors in life, in order to so-called "fragrance and flavor" and reduce costs, they are confused for a while, using the "edible oil" boiled from waste oil to add to the bottom of the pot for sale, and give it to customers for consumption and consumption, in fact, the act has been suspected of the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food.
The reporter learned from the Chengdu Qingyang Court that recently, the court concluded a case of producing and selling toxic and harmful food, and the three defendants were the operators and employees of a beef offal hot pot restaurant in Qingyang District, Chengdu. From December 1, 2022 to February 26, 2023, the hot pot restaurant will boil the waste oil** after consumption by customers, remove the water and refine the "old oil", and add the refined "old oil" to the base of the newly boiled red soup pot before serving it to the guests. For this reason, the procuratorate filed a civil public interest lawsuit attached to the criminal case, and the three defendants eventually paid a heavy price and were punished accordingly.
It is understood that the court finally sentenced the three defendants to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from six months to one year, suspended sentences ranging from one year to two years, and fines ranging from 5,000 yuan to 25,000 yuan. At the same time, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 22 of the Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases Endangering Food Safety, "where a suspended sentence is applied in accordance with the law, a prohibition order may be announced at the same time according to the circumstances of the crime", the court also sentenced the three defendants to be prohibited from engaging in activities related to food production and sales during the probationary period of the suspended sentenceIt was ruled that the defendant in the attached civil public interest lawsuit, Yang Moumou, should publicly apologize and pay RMB 216,000 in compensation for the attached civil public interest litigation.
At present, the operator of the shop has been replaced, the three defendants have not participated in the production and operation activities of the grocery store, and the three defendants have also paid fines. On November 21, 2023, the defendant Yang Moumou publicly published a letter of apology in Chengdu Business Daily, sincerely apologizing to the general public for his production and sale of toxic and harmful food, and promising to strictly and consciously abide by laws and regulations in the future and never commit it againDefendant Yang Moumou is also actively raising compensation. If the payment is not made within the time limit, the court will transfer it for compulsory enforcement in accordance with the law.