China News Service, March 15. According to the website of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, on the occasion of the "March 15" International Consumer Rights Day, the Supreme People's Procuratorate released 10 typical cases of consumer rights protection procuratorial public interest litigation to effectively improve food and drug The quality and efficiency of public interest litigation cases in the field of security can be better protected to protect the legitimate rights and interests of the people.
In 2023, procuratorial organs at all levels across the country filed more than 23,000 public interest litigation cases in the field of food and drug safety, a year-on-year increase of 16.8%.
In addition, more than 1,000 public interest litigation cases on consumer rights protection other than food and drug safety were explored and handled.
Typical cases released this time include 10 administrative public interest litigation cases involving the Procuratorate of Wenchang City in Hainan Province urging the rectification of illegal operations and use of veterinary prescription drugs, including 7 administrative public interest litigation cases and 3 civil public interest litigation and support prosecution cases.
This batch of typical cases focuses on solving food and drug safety issues that are of high concern to consumers and have a negative impact, such as "human drugs and veterinary use", illegal addition of industrial formaldehyde to animal blood products, etc., and actively respond to social concerns; pay close attention to the emerging issues in new business formats. New food and drug safety issues, such as illegal and illegal behaviors infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of consumers through paid store tour videos such as "Store Tour Master" on short video platforms, urge administrative agencies to strengthen supervision of MCN agencies in accordance with the law and standardize the release of paid store tour video advertisements conduct, protect consumers’ right to know, and maintain online food consumption safety.
This batch of cases also focuses on issues such as illegal use of fresh food lamps and illegal sales of overseas drugs, and strives to solve the troubles, worries and worries around ordinary people.
Among these typical cases is a case in which the First Branch of the Chongqing Municipal Procuratorate supported the Municipal Consumer Rights Protection Committee in filing a civil public interest lawsuit against a car sales company for setting unfair contract terms. Administrative departments and public welfare organizations have formed a joint force to safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
The person in charge of the Eighth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate said that from February to December 2024, the Supreme People's Procuratorate deployed a special operation to "protect people's livelihood" in procuratorial organs across the country, focusing on community group buying, online marketing, live streaming and other new business formats related to food safety Carry out special supervision on issues.
In the next step, the procuratorial organs will carry out a series of key tasks in the field of public interest litigation in the field of food and drug safety, including urging the standardized development of the prepared vegetable industry; urging the rectification of food adulteration and the use of food additives beyond the scope and beyond the limit; urging the rectification of drug abuse and other consumer-related issues. Pay close attention to food and drug safety issues and effectively protect the health and safety of the people.