Consumers Sue businesses after buying Schisandra beverage

Not long ago, Wang Laoji's "Prunella vulgaris gate" event became a hot topic, and the traditional Chinese medicine ingredients in the drink became the target of the public Mr Pan, a Shanghai citizen, after buying a beverage containing Schisandra chinensis in the supermarket, thinks that Schisandra chinensis, like Prunella vulgaris, is not in China's "list of both food and drug varieties" For this reason, he sued Shanghai Century Lianhua Supermarket Huangpu Co., Ltd and agent Shanghai Jinfeng Food Co., Ltd to the court, claiming 10 times the payment of 5538 yuan Yesterday, the reporter attended the case in Huangpu court The customer said that there were two major problems with the beverage At the end of last year, Mr Pan, 35, bought 13 boxes of imported Korean food three and Schisandra pulp drinks at Century Lianhua Supermarket on the South Tibet road When he returned home, he found that there were two major problems with the beverage First of all, Schisandra chinensis is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, which is not included in the "list of both food and drug varieties" issued by the Ministry of health in 2002, so it cannot be produced and sold in the name of food However, the Ministry of health added Schisandra chinensis to the list of health food raw materials, which means that Schisandra products must be declared to obtain health food approval certificate before they can obtain legal production and sales qualification However, the two defendants have not provided relevant certificates so far, so the beverage uses Schisandra chinensis as the ingredient, which is suspected of lack of identification by the state administrative department Secondly, the label on the outer box of the beverage clearly states that the ingredients contain citric acid, etc., but the words "without additives" are written below As we all know, citric acid is a kind of commonly used additive, so the contradictory beverage label has the suspicion of misleading consumers Mr Pan believed that the two defendants did not strictly control the beverage involved in the sale, resulting in the food with potential safety hazards entering the market Therefore, he requested that the payment of 553.8 yuan be refunded and the payment of 5538 yuan be compensated ten times in accordance with the relevant provisions of the food safety law In the court, Huangpu Co., Ltd of Shanghai Century Lianhua supermarket and the lawyer of Shanghai Jinfeng Food Co., Ltd., the agent, argued that Sanhe schisandra fruit and pulp beverage did not need to be evaluated for food safety While the label was written according to the information provided by the South Korean side, and it was also recognized by the national health inspection and quarantine department, which shows that the label is in line with the specifications and there is no problem After the trial, both the plaintiff and the defendant are willing to accept the court mediation There are still online sales of drinks involved According to Mr Pan, the three and Schisandra pulp drinks involved have been removed from the supermarket However, the reporter found that many Internet sellers are still selling the beverage On a well-known shopping website, the reporter saw that the price of Sanhe schisandra fruit beverage with the same product name, outer package and specification was 28 yuan, much lower than the price of 42.6 yuan per box that Mr Pan bought in the supermarket According to the owner, the drink is imported from South Korea with original packaging Because of the freight, it is cheaper than regular stores Because Schisandra can help sleep, the sales volume is good The reporter then asked if Schisandra chinensis could be used as a drink, and the owner was surprised: "why not? Schisandra, a traditional Chinese medicine, has been used for thousands of years Can't its safety be guaranteed? "