Two shopkeepers in Xi'an were sued for adding alum to dough sticks

In order to make the fried dough sticks taste better, the owners of two breakfast shops in Xi'an illegally added leavening agent or alum to the flour of the fried dough sticks for a long time, until it was sampled by the relevant departments last winter, and the aluminum residue was detected to be seriously over the standard On July 27, Xi'an Lianhu District procuratorate filed a criminal incidental civil public interest lawsuit with the Lianhu District Court on the case committed by the two defendants, asking the two defendants to apologize publicly to the news media at or above the municipal level and pay 10 times of the price of punitive damages Yesterday, the Lianhu District Court heard the case The aluminum residue in the oil bar spot check is seriously over the standard The defendant Lei is from Zhouzhi County, Xi'an city In April 2017, he rented the breakfast stand of yimianguan, north entrance of Laodong Road, Lianhu District to operate fried dough sticks On December 21 of the same year, the law enforcement officers of Lianhu District food and Drug Administration found that the aluminum residue in the fried oil sticks was 628mg, which exceeded the national standard of aluminum residue ≤ 100mg On January 6, 2018, Lei was detained by Lianhu Branch of Xi'an Public Security Bureau on suspicion of producing and selling food that did not meet safety standards, and then transferred to Lianhu District procuratorate for examination and prosecution According to the procuratorate, Lei's criminal responsibility should be investigated for the crime of producing and selling food that does not conform to the safety standards, because it is enough to cause serious foodborne diseases by adding additives that exceed the national standards into the food he produces and sells At the same time, its illegal addition of food additives infringes the health rights of many consumers and damages the public interests, so it should bear the civil liability of making an apology and paying 10 times of the price Zhao Mou, the defendant, rented a snack bar on Hancheng East Road in Lianhu District in March last year to operate fried dough sticks Like Lei Mou, he also added alum and leavening agent to the fried dough sticks for a long time On December 21 last year, the same problem was found out by the law enforcement officers of food and drug administration And the aluminum residue in the oil stick produced by the method is 987mg At the same time, the procuratorate of Lianhu District sued the two people to the court, and also required Zhao to bear the corresponding criminal and civil responsibilities Two breakfast shop owners face hundreds of thousands of yuan of compensation It is understood that the long-term excessive consumption of this kind of oil stick which does not meet the food safety standards will cause damage to the central nervous system, lead to Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease, epilepsy and other diseases, or lead to the progressive decline of memory and learning ability, and also cause diseases in bones, reproduction, immunity, liver and other parts Therefore, a prosecutor of Lianhu District procuratorate said in an interview that the case is related to food safety and everyone's vital interests If this illegal act is indulged, it will violate the fairness and justice of consumers and society In such cases, it is often difficult for consumers to safeguard their rights Because of the limited knowledge and high cost in the process of safeguarding their rights, the procuratorial organ should represent consumers and the society to put forward criminal incidental civil public interest litigation to restrict such behaviors It is reported that in this case, Lei Mou has been in business for 204 days (from April 1, 2017 to December 21, 2017, the period is closed for 2 months, totally minus 60 days) During this period, about 70 pieces of oil sticks are sold every day, each of which is priced at RMB 1, and the total turnover is RMB 14280 Zhao has been in business for 235 days (from March 1, 2017 to December 21, 2017, during which he went back to his hometown for 2 months and didn't operate, minus 60 days) During this period, he sold about 100 pieces of oil sticks every day, each of which was priced at 1 yuan, and the total turnover was 23500 yuan According to the request of the procuratorate that the defendant should bear 10 times of the price, Lei and Zhao may face compensation of more than 140000 yuan and 230000 yuan Zhao pleaded guilty in court and expressed regret The case will be pronounced on a certain day