What are the penalties for selling fake seeds, fake fertilizers, and fake pesticides?

On March 16, seven departments including the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Supreme People’s Court, the Supreme People’s Procuratorate, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Public Security, the State Administration of Market Supervision, and the General Administration of Supply and Marketing jointly held a video conference on the 2021 National Anti-Counterfeiting Campaign in Beijing
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Now is the critical period of spring plowing.
People have more demand for seeds, fertilizers, and pesticides.
The crime of producing and selling counterfeit and inferior agricultural materials is severely cracked down in accordance with the law to ensure spring plowing production
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Since last year, local public security agencies have concentrated on investigating more than 1,000 criminal cases of producing and selling counterfeit agricultural materials, arresting more than 1,400 suspects, destroying more than 500 criminal dens, and destroying more than 200 criminal gangs, with a total value of 1.
71 billion yuan
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Now, if an agricultural material shop is found to be selling fake agricultural materials, the punishment is generally to confiscate the fake agricultural materials, confiscate the illegal proceeds, and then a fine of about 10 times
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Farmer friends must keep their eyes open when buying agricultural products to avoid being deceived
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How to check whether the agricultural materials are qualified? 1.
Check the relevant licenses.
When farmers and consumers buy agricultural materials, especially pesticides, fertilizers, and seeds, they must first see whether the operators have business licenses and related business licenses.
Pesticides, fertilizers, and seed agricultural products sold by any qualified operator
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Check the packaging of agricultural materials to see if it is standardized
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Whether the label is complete, whether there is a certificate of conformity, factory name and address, instructions for use, production date, shelf life, etc.
, do not purchase products of unknown origin
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Check the product manual of agricultural materials to see the scope and method of use
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Before using agricultural products, carefully read the instructions for use of agricultural products such as seeds, fertilizers, pesticides, clarify the scope of application, prohibited items, and correct use methods, and use them scientifically.
Don't just listen to the introduction of the operator
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Check the purchase invoice to see if there is a proof of purchase
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Fill in the main items such as the date, name, specification, model, quantity and price of the pesticides, fertilizers, and seed agricultural materials purchased by yourself.
Obtain the purchase invoice from the dealer and keep it properly.
Signature without official seal
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Check standard operations to see if samples are kept
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When using agricultural products, you should keep a small amount of samples and outer packaging.
In this way, you can take samples to relevant departments for testing when quality problems occur, and you can also complain to the relevant departments based on the outer packaging, samples and invoices.
In order to facilitate better rights protection
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Fake agricultural materials are harmful to people
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While the state is cracking down on it, farmers themselves must keep their eyes open .