Haagen Dazs moon cake wrapped in three coats suspected of over packaging

Although the national standard of limiting excessive packaging has been implemented for many years, the phenomenon of excessive packaging of moon cakes is still prohibited repeatedly Yesterday, the International Food Packaging Association released a report that Haagen Dazs ice cream moon cakes were suspected of over packaging Investigators purchased a "Haagen Dazs ice cream moon cake" from Wukesong Zhuo exhibition, with a net weight of 340 grams There are five mooncakes, which are priced at yuan, equivalent to 68g net weight and yuan per mooncake This product has three layers of packaging, from the outside to the inside are colorful handbags, printing delicate hard packaging box, golden moon cake holder (double-layer packaging material) After opening the package, it was found that about one third of the volume was occupied by the attached dry ice Besides the moon cake and dry ice, the gap of the package was also large According to the national standard "food and cosmetics for limiting excessive packaging of commodities" (gb23350-2009), the void ratio of Haagen Dazs ice cream moon cake is 74.3%, which is higher than the standard requirement of less than or equal to 60%, the investigators said According to the International Food Packaging Association, consumers tend to treat packaging as waste products after eating moon cakes The recycling value of waste moon cake packaging, especially the packaging with metal color, is low It is a waste behavior to adopt such luxurious packaging But even if it's a violation, there's no punishment Dong Jinshi, Secretary General of the International Food Packaging Association, said that in the national standard "food and cosmetics for limiting excessive packaging of goods" (gb23350-2009), there are only requirements on packaging void ratio, packaging layers and cost, and there is no provision on how to punish those who violate the provisions He suggested that the government should promulgate the punishment regulations as soon as possible, strengthen the punishment, and play a deterrent role to the illegal enterprises He also suggested that the government should legislate to define the serious over packing behavior, such as the sales behavior that the bundling sales does not conform to the actual commodity content and the behavior that the high-grade materials are used to package the products, as the commercial fraud behavior, and deal with it according to law.