China News Service, Shanghai, April 2 (Reporter Yin Liqin) To ensure the stable and orderly market prices of residents' basic living materials during the closure and control period in some areas of Shanghai, Shanghai market supervision departments have severely cracked down on various price violations.
On April 1, the Shanghai Municipal Market Supervision Bureau exposed another batch of illegal operators.
At the same time, if consumers find relevant price violations, please call 12315 or 12345 to complain and report in time.
Recently, some netizens reported on Weibo that "high-priced Chinese cabbage" appeared in a supermarket, and the price of a cabbage was as high as 73.21 yuan.
Law enforcement officers immediately inspected a supermarket on Huqingping Road involved in the public opinion.
After investigation, the price of Chinese cabbage sold by the parties on March 29 was 33.8 yuan/kg, and the price difference between purchases and sales was much higher than the highest purchase price of the same product traded at the trading venue within 7 days before March 19, 2022 (including the day). selling rate.
The behavior of the parties violated the relevant provisions of the "Price Law" and the "Guiding Opinions on Determining Illegal Behaviors of Price Gouging During the Epidemic Prevention and Control Period", which constituted price gouging.
The case is currently being processed.
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Law enforcement officers inspected and found that after the release of the closure notice, Pan did not adjust the external prices of 6 kinds of vegetables, including lettuce, cucumber, tomato, loofah, yellow onion, spinach, etc., taking advantage of the influx of customers who rushed into the market eager to purchase and had no time to check the price. , increase the sales price, and the actual sales price is higher than the price marked externally by its business premises.
The behavior of the parties violated the relevant provisions of the "Price Law" and constituted an illegal act of "using false or misleading price methods to lure consumers or other operators into trading with them".
According to the "Regulations on Administrative Penalties for Price Violations", the law enforcement department issued a notice of administrative penalty hearing to the parties on April 1, and planned to impose a heavier punishment and a fine of 100,000 yuan.
The market supervision department recently found in the inspection that many operators have not clearly marked the price when selling edible agricultural products, and investigated and dealt with according to law.
For example, vegetable products such as edamame, cress, leeks, and thin-skinned peppers sold in a supermarket on Xinzhu Road, Minhang District, do not indicate the price unit and other relevant content; a food operation department sells eggs at a price of 12 yuan/kg, but the price is not clearly marked; Department stores do not clearly mark the prices of edible agricultural products such as potatoes, tomatoes, and cabbage.
The Shanghai market supervision department stated that it will continue to strengthen the market price supervision of daily necessities and epidemic prevention materials during the epidemic prevention and control period, and maintain a high-pressure crackdown on various price violations.
At the same time, relying on 12315, 12345 and other hotlines and online media, timely collect and handle complaints and reports from the masses, and effectively protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
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