Mooncakes and tea sets, tea, coffee, etc. are sold in mixed packaging, and the packaging cost exceeds 30% of the sales price
Mooncake gift box luxury packaging, tying other products? must be corrected!
Our reporter Yang Zhaokui
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In recent years, problems such as excessive packaging and "high price" moon cakes have not only caused waste of resources, environmental pollution, but also harmed the interests of consumers.
In this regard, the State Administration for Market Regulation took multiple measures to correct a batch of excessively packaged goods in accordance with the law, and published a number of typical cases of rectification actions.
There is a luminous ball for electronic products in the moon cake packaging box, which does not meet the requirements of the national standard "moon cakes should not be mixed with other products"; the packaging cost of moon cakes accounts for 31% of the sales price, which does not meet the national standard "the sales price is in the Mooncakes over 100 yuan...all packaging costs do not exceed 15% of the product's sales price" regulations... This is the first batch of market supervision departments released today from the State Administration of Market Supervision to focus on rectifying excessive packaging of commodities and "high-priced" mooncakes Actions learned in typical cases.
Fully advocate green consumption
In recent years, problems such as excessive packaging of commodities and "high-priced" moon cakes have not only caused waste of resources, environmental pollution, but also harmed the interests of consumers.
In order to promote enterprises to develop simple, moderate, green and low-carbon packaging design, fully advocate green consumption, and guide festival commodities and festival consumption to return to the origin of traditional culture, on May 24, the State Administration for Market Regulation approved the release of "Restriction of Excessive Packaging Requirements for Food and Cosmetics". (GB23350-2021) Amendment No. 1 makes new regulations on the number of layers of moon cake packaging, packaging void ratio, packaging cost and mixed packaging requirements.
On June 7, the State Administration for Market Regulation, together with the National Development and Reform Commission, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, and the Ministry of Commerce, issued the "Announcement on Curbing "Sky-Priced" Mooncakes and Promoting the Healthy Development of the Industry (hereinafter referred to as the "Announcement"), resolutely curbing the "astronomical price". "Moon cakes, promote the healthy development of the industry.
On August 10, the "Notice of the State Administration for Market Regulation on Remediating Issues such as Excessive Packaging of Commodities, "Sky-High" Moon Cakes, and Crab Cards and Crab Coupons" was issued, and it was put forward from the aspects of standard publicity, supervision and law enforcement, exposure cases, consumer advocacy, and cultural guidance. Work requirements.
Market supervision departments at all levels have carried out a lot of work in accordance with the work deployment of the General Administration, making overall planning and comprehensive policy implementation.
As of August 31, the national market supervision department dispatched nearly 200,000 law enforcement officers, inspected more than 170,000 business operators, and inspected more than 33,000 market entities such as hotels and supermarkets around price issues. The act of overpackaging goods.
Packaging costs are more than 30% of the selling price
According to the investigation by the market supervision department, the Chengdu United Branch of Chongqing Guanshengyuan Food Factory No. 2 produces and sells boxed mooncakes with specifications and models of "Maristine" and "Supreme Royal Gift" with a nominal production date of August 17, 2022.
The sales contract and the packaging production contract show that the packaging and purchasing cost of "Maristine" mooncakes is 50 yuan/box, and the ex-factory sales price is 160 yuan/box. A total of 603 boxes were produced, with a value of 96,480 yuan; the packaging of "Supreme Royal Gift" mooncakes The purchase cost is 42 yuan/box, the ex-factory selling price is 100 yuan/box, a total of 1822 boxes are produced, and the value of the goods is 182,200 yuan.
The total value of the two boxed mooncakes is 278,680 yuan.
The packaging cost of "Maristine" mooncake is 31% of the sales price, and the packaging cost of "Supreme Royal Gift" mooncake is 42% of the sales price, which does not meet the national standard of "Restrictions on Excessive Packaging Requirements for Food and Cosmetics" and "the sales price is more than 100 yuan." mooncakes...all packaging costs do not exceed 15% of the product's selling price" regulations.
The above-mentioned behavior of the parties violated the prohibition of excessive packaging in the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, and constituted an act of failing to comply with the mandatory standards for restricting excessive packaging of commodities.
On August 18, the Market Supervision Bureau of Jinniu District, Chengdu City, Sichuan Province ordered the factory to make corrections immediately in accordance with Article 105 of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste.
Mooncake mixed with other products
"Uncle Xicun's Dessert Shop in Shinan District" (a chain store) in Qingdao, Shandong Province, on August 22, sold the mooncakes made and sold by the chain on the same day. The price of a single mooncake is about 20 yuan.
The sales model is that consumers choose the corresponding number of mooncakes according to 3 different packaging specifications, and merchants sell them in boxes.
Each of the 3 boxes used to package the above mooncakes contains a luminous ball for electronic products.
The mooncake gift box packaging does not meet the requirements of the national standard "Mooncakes should not be mixed with other products" in the "Restriction of Excessive Packaging Requirements for Food and Cosmetics".
The above-mentioned behavior of the parties violated the prohibition of excessive packaging in the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste, and constituted an act of failing to comply with the mandatory standards for restricting excessive packaging of commodities.
On August 22, the Qingdao Municipal Market Supervision Bureau ordered it to make corrections immediately in accordance with Article 105 of the Law on the Prevention and Control of Environmental Pollution by Solid Waste.
Mooncake gift box tying other products
Huangshan Parkview Hotel Management Co., Ltd. Parkview International Hotel sells a boxed mooncake package named "Jinyun Yueli", including a boxed mooncake of 8 mooncakes and 1 bottle of individually packaged olive oil, and the sales price of the package is 268 Yuan/box, and a package gift box with the specification name "Lucky Moon Gift", including 8 moon cakes and "custom small pots of tea", "a set of portable tea sets" and "custom ear-hook filter coffee" are mixed for sale, and the whole package is sold. Gift box 388 yuan / box.
The production dates of the above two package gift boxes are before the official implementation of the No. 1 Amendment to the Mandatory Standard on August 15, 2022.
The above-mentioned behavior of the parties does not meet the requirements of the "Announcement" that "the operator sells boxed moon cakes, and shall not tie-in sales of other products in any form; nor mix and sell moon cakes with other products in the form of gift boxes."
On August 19, the Huangshan Market Supervision Bureau gave administrative guidance to Huangshan Parkview Hotel Management Co., Ltd. for the sale of other products with mooncake gift boxes from Parkview Hotel Management Co., Ltd. in accordance with the Announcement, and ordered it to correct sales that violated the Announcement. Behavior.
(This newspaper, Beijing, September 6th)