On April 14, the Shandong Provincial Market Supervision Bureau announced on its official account the typical cases of the “Iron Fist” action in 2022 (the first batch) of cases in the field of people’s livelihood. Among them, the Dongying Municipal Market Supervision Bureau investigated and dealt with the operation of Jiajia Health Center, Gudao, Hekou District. The case of adding toxic and harmful substances to diet foods involves two types of diet foods that claim to be “slim-slimming miracle” and “really slimming”. After a random inspection by law enforcement, the above two foods were illegally added with the chemical drug sibutramine.
According to the Shandong Provincial Market Supervision Bureau, in April 2021, the Dongying Municipal Market Supervision Bureau announced that the “Slim Slimming Miracle” compound plant-pressed candy and “Sure Slimming” operated by Gudao Jiajia Health Center in Hekou District Capsule TM (supplied inside the model), two types of food claiming to lose weight, were subjected to random inspection by law enforcement. The above two foods were illegally added with the chemical drug sibutramine. The products involved Shandong, Beijing, Tianjin, Fujian, Guangdong, etc. 26 In 102 prefectures and cities in 10 provinces and cities, the value of goods involved in the case amounted to more than 2 million yuan. The above-mentioned illegal acts of the parties are suspected of constituting the crime of selling poisonous and harmful food. The Dongying Market Supervision Bureau transferred the clues of the case to the public security organs for processing. As of the end of January 2022, the Dongying Public Security Bureau has taken criminal coercive measures against five suspects.
In February 2022, Dongying Hekou District Market Supervision Bureau revoked the “Food Business License” in accordance with the law for the illegal act of claiming that toxic and harmful substances were added to diet food in Gudao Jiajia Health Center in Hekou District The administrative penalty decision; the operator Chen Mou and the directly responsible person Ji Mou shall not apply for a food production and operation license within five years, or engage in food production and operation management, and serve as food safety management personnel of food production and operation enterprises.
The Southern Metropolis reporter inquired that the Gudao Jiajia Health Center in Hekou District was registered in 2017, and its business scope includes health food, health products, food, prepackaged food, etc. It has been cancelled in February 2022. According to previous reports from Nandu, sibutramine is a banned substance in my country. After taking it, it will cause the heart rate to increase, the blood pressure to increase, and in severe cases, it can lead to stroke or even death. The former State Food and Drug Administration issued a notice on October 30, 2010 to stop the production, sale and use of sibutramine preparations and APIs in my country. Therefore, this type of harmful substances is prohibited as a pharmaceutical ingredient, and it is not allowed to be added to food.
E-commerce platforms can still search for “skinny miracle”, but the merchants said they would no longer sell them.
The above-mentioned “Slimming Miracle” compound plant-pressed candy was once advertised by the sellers as “you will lose weight if you dare to come” and “you lose 8-20 pounds per month”. In April 2022, the reporter searched on the e-commerce platform and found that although there are still relevant product pages, but asked a number of merchants, they all said that they would no longer sell the “skinny miracle”, saying that they had been out of stock.
Written by: Southern Metropolis reporter Ma Hui