Luzhou Lucheng: beef soup with poppies, the procuratorate filed a public interest lawsuit against the people

Drugs or seasonings? There is some ambiguity in the perception of poppies among many ordinary people.
restaurants in order to retain customers and increase their aromas, they used poppy shells to make beef soup.
November 14 and 15, 2018, Wang, the owner of a beef soup shop in Lucheng City, Zhangzhou City, illegally added poppy shells to a soup pot while making beef soup for sale to unseeded customers.
at about 8 a.m. on November 15, 2018, Wang was seized by the Lucheng City Market Supervision Bureau of Zhangzhou City.
poppy shell as a state-controlled narcotic drug, long-term consumption can easily make the human body dependent, cause addiction, but also damage the human nervous system, and may cause chronic poisoning.
On June 12, 2020, after a comprehensive review of the case, the People's Procuratorate of Lucheng City concluded that Wang's actions constituted the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food, infringed the legitimate rights and interests of many non-specific consumers, and harmed the public interest.