The General Administration of Market Supervision exposed a number of typical cases of meat food violations.

　　Meat from unknown sources and slaughtered indiscriminately may carry a large number of pathogenic bacteria and parasites, endangering people’s health and life safety. According to statistics, in the first half of this year, the national market supervision departments investigated and dealt with 1,013 illegal cases of meat food safety and transferred 56 cases to judicial organs. On September 4, the General Administration of Market Supervision exposed a number of typical cases of illegal meat products, and severely cracked down on illegal activities such as meat products without inspection and quarantine, smuggling, indiscriminate slaughter, doping and adulteration.

　　[Case 1] In April, 2023, Changzhou Market Supervision Bureau and the public security organs of Jiangsu Province conducted a joint inspection and intercepted a large truck. The cargo package of the truck was marked with the name of beef tripe and the origin of Brazil, and the owner Gao and others could not provide customs declaration and inspection and quarantine information. After investigation, Gao and others bought 6 trucks of smuggled beef tripe and other products with a value of 6.6 million yuan from Ningde, Fujian, and prepared to ship them to Henan and other places for sale. Law enforcement officers seized 39.94 tons (1775 boxes) of smuggled beef tripe and 10.5 tons (875 boxes) of pork tripe without inspection and quarantine. The behavior of the party concerned violated the food safety law and was suspected of constituting a crime. Changzhou Municipal Market Supervision Bureau transferred the case to the public security organ according to law.

　　[Case 2] Since the beginning of this year, the Market Supervision Bureau of Linhai City, Zhejiang Province, based on the clues reported, has jointly seized three ships engaged in frozen livestock and poultry meat and by-products without legal sources, and arrested 11 people involved. Frozen livestock and poultry meat and its by-products such as tripe, beef, pork tripe, pig ears, pig nose and turkey wings involved in the case totaled more than 800 tons, and the value of the goods involved exceeded 40 million yuan. After investigation, they came from Brazil and other places without relevant import and quarantine certificates. The party’s behavior violated the comprehensive anti-smuggling regulations of Zhejiang Province and was suspected of constituting a crime. Linhai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau transferred the case to the public security organ according to law.

　　[Case 3] In March, 2023, the Market Supervision Bureau of Cangnan County, Zhejiang Province conducted an on-site inspection on Cangnan Dongyao Technology Development Co., Ltd., and found that there were 10,300 boxes of 9 kinds of cattle by-products labeled as "domestic fine cattle vice" in the cold storage, totaling 206 tons, and 2,930 blank boxes printed with "domestic fine cattle vice" and "domestic fine pig vice". The parties are unable to provide the warehousing list of the above-mentioned goods, proof of the legal source of the products and proof of conformity. After investigation, the parties took advantage of their own convenience in operating the cold storage to transport the frozen products smuggled at sea to the underground cold storage where their location was hidden, dismantle the original imported packaging boxes and replace them with domestic packaging boxes, and then sell them to the outside world for high profits. The party’s behavior violated the food safety law and was suspected of constituting a crime. Cangnan County Market Supervision Bureau transferred the case to the public security organ according to law.

　　[Case 4] In April 2022, the Market Supervision Bureau of dongzhi county, Anhui Province inspected Wang Moumou, an individual industrial and commercial household in Yaodu Town, dongzhi county, according to the clues provided by the public security organs. After investigation, Wang was engaged in the sale of pork food. From July to August, 2021, he bought pork slaughtered by private butchers without inspection and quarantine and sold it to consumers. The behavior of the party concerned violated the food safety law, and the dongzhi county Municipal Market Supervision Bureau imposed an administrative penalty on the party concerned according to law, with a fine of 196,800 yuan.

　　[Case 5] In May, 2023, the Market Supervision Bureau of Wanzai County, Jiangxi Province received a tip and seized 1,406 pieces (20kg/piece) of frozen beef from India, totaling 28.12 tons. After investigation, the parties involved transported and sold 73.7 tons of frozen beef, and the value of the goods involved was more than 3.6 million yuan, so it was impossible to provide a true inspection report and business license. The party’s behavior violated the food safety law and was suspected of constituting a crime. Wanzai County Market Supervision Bureau transferred the case to the public security organ according to law.

　　[Case 6] In May, 2022, Zhengzhou Market Supervision Bureau of Henan Province checked according to the reports of the masses, and found 222 boxes of smuggled frozen tripe in a frozen goods firm, weighing about 5 tons and worth 30,000 yuan. The parties could not provide inspection and quarantine certificates, purchase bills and supplier qualifications. Law enforcement officers confiscated 222 boxes of smuggled frozen tripe and fined 600,000 yuan.

　　[Case 7] In May 2023, the Market Supervision Bureau of Fengshun County, Guangdong Province conducted an on-site inspection according to the notification from the public security organ, and seized 23.7 tons of frozen meat products, such as frozen beef heart tubes and frozen beef ribs, from a trailer loaded with imported frozen meat. The goods involved were 1.34 million yuan, of which 3 kinds of frozen meat products came from epidemic areas. No customs declaration form for imported goods, inspection and quarantine certificate for imported goods and other supporting documents were found at the scene. The behavior of the party concerned violated the food safety law and has been suspected of constituting a crime. Fengshun County Market Supervision Bureau transferred the case to the public security organ according to law, and two suspects have been arrested.

　　[Case 8] In February, 2023, the Market Supervision Bureau of Rongchang District, Chongqing received a report from the masses to carry out on-site surprise inspection, and seized 10 tons of salted beef omasum operated by Guo, who could not provide the supplier qualification certificate and the animal quarantine certificate of beef omasum. The value of the goods involved reached 300,000 yuan. Chongqing Rongchang District Market Supervision Bureau confiscated 10 tons of salted beef omasum without inspection and quarantine, and fined 2.1 million yuan. (Reporter Zhao Wenjun)