Han Xue

According to media reports, a weight loss product known as "lying down can also lose weight", "Enzyme Huamei", has swept major e-commerce platforms in recent years, but some consumers have obvious adverse reactions after eating. After testing, it was found that in order to evade supervision, the product illegally added a new compound "bisoctylphenotine", which can cause severe diarrhea and even liver damage and nerve damage after taking it. Jiangsu police recently launched an operation to completely eradicate the black industry chain in the food field that integrates R&D, production, promotion and sales hidden behind the product, arrested more than 80 criminal suspects, seized more than 60 tons of products, and the amount involved exceeded <> million yuan.

In order to lose weight and slim down, many beauty-loving women do not hesitate to try all kinds of strange tricks. In addition to common weight loss foods, slimming creams, leg slimming socks, sweatshirts, etc., there are even some products crowned with slogans such as "weight loss is fast without rebound" and "lying down can become thinner" to attract consumers.

According to relevant statistics, weight loss products are one of the high-incidence areas of food and drug safety crimes in China. Some do not have the approval number of drugs or health foods, or have not gone through the import approval procedures; In order to enhance the effect of weight loss, some illegally add prohibited ingredients; Others seem to be "glamorous", but they come from black workshops. The "enzyme plum" incident and a series of health accidents caused by weight loss products have once again sounded the alarm for consumers.

The Advertising Law stipulates that advertisements that deceive or mislead consumers with false or misleading content constitute false advertising. The relevant authorities will order the company to stop publishing the advertisement, eliminate the impact within the corresponding scope, and impose a fine. If the circumstances are serious enough to constitute a crime, they will face more severe penalties. The Criminal Law also stipulates that a person who mixes toxic or harmful non-food raw materials into the food produced or sold, or sells food that is knowingly adulterated with toxic or harmful non-food raw materials, shall constitute the crime of producing or selling toxic or harmful food.

It is understandable for people to pursue a toned body, but they should adopt a scientific and healthy way, and do not blindly believe in those unreliable weight loss methods, otherwise it is very likely to cause harm to physical health. If consumers have purchased and used or found that the merchant sells "three nos" products, they should promptly complain and protect their rights in accordance with the law. In view of the chaos in the market of weight loss products, the relevant departments should strictly implement the food safety law and crack down on illegal and criminal acts that seriously infringe on the rights and interests of consumers, harm consumers' health, and publish false and illegal advertisements in various forms in accordance with the law; The market supervision department should establish a sound network marketing supervision system and increase the intensity of supervision; E-commerce and online platforms should also operate in good faith, abide by the law and self-discipline, and cut off the circulation channels of illegal weight loss products, so that they will lose their survival soil and no longer have a market.

(Author's Affiliation: People's Procuratorate of Fengtai District, Beijing)