Shanghai accepts the first case of genetically modified food labeling in China

Introduction: Recently, Miss Zhu Yanling of Shanghai bought a bag of Nestle qiaocompanion in the supermarket Later, she read the newspaper and found that there were genetically modified ingredients in it, but there was no logo So Miss Zhu sued Nestle for violating the consumers' right to know When a media in Shanghai disclosed the news, it said that "mainland consumers' doubts about the genetically modified ingredients of Nestle products have risen from the level of public opinion to the level of law" KM7 consumers need the right to know KM7 on March 27, this year, Miss Zhu Yanling bought a bag of Nestle Qiaoban in Shanghai Lianjia Supermarket Co., Ltd located at 560 Quyang Road, Shanghai Shortly after the purchase, she found relevant reports in the media that nestle Qiaoban contains genetically modified ingredients KM7 media reported that in February this year, the International Green Peace Organization took 73 common food samples from Guangzhou, Beijing and Shanghai After testing by the European gene age company and the food testing center of Jiangsu inspection and Quarantine Bureau, the National Key Laboratory for genetically modified testing, some of them were found to contain genetically modified ingredients Four products were found to contain genetically modified ingredients in Shanghai market, including Nestle Qiaopang KM7 Zhu Yanling has been studying in Switzerland for many years He has visited the headquarters of Nestle Company and learned about the attitude of Nestle headquarters on genetically modified products Miss Zhu thinks Nestle infringes on the rights and interests of consumers Wu Dong, a lawyer for the KM7 supermarket who is also the defendant, Ms Zhu, told reporters that it took a lot of trouble for the court to decide whether to accept or not At the beginning of KM7, lawyer Wu submitted Ms Zhu's complaint to the first intermediate court of Shanghai, "the first intermediate court suspects that the subject matter is too small, so it is suggested that Changning District court accept it." After the Changning District court asked for instructions, it felt that the case could be accepted It was suggested to go to Hongkou court where Lianjia supermarket is located or Songjiang court where Nestle (Shanghai) company is located to sue The court of Hongkou District, KM7, also had a dispute about this It decided to accept it on June 2 this year and asked for instructions from the higher court Two weeks later, the judge in charge of the second intermediate court of Shanghai decided to formally bring the case to trial on the 24th of that month The case was transferred to the second middle court for trial KM7 Ms Zhu's claim is simple Nestle will pay one for one, and mark on Nestle's companion products that contain genetically modified ingredients KM7 corresponded with Nestle, which said the product did not contain genetically modified ingredients and said it was ready to respond to the lawsuit For the detection of KM7 genetically modified food, there is a charge for the detection of whether there are genetically modified ingredients in KM7 food But the test needs to be charged Jiang Yuan, director of the joint genetically modified laboratory of Jiangsu CIQ food testing center, told reporters that they charged 1800 yuan for testing a sample Bund reporter Xu Kai / KM7