Hebei Handan: five "poison bean sprouts" case sentenced on the same day | " Poison bean sprouts "case _ news

Washington (reporter Li Jianhua) on July 15, Fuxing district people's Court of Handan city to accept this year's five "poison bean sprouts" cases in the first instance verdict. Song and four other defendants found guilty of producing and selling toxic and hazardous food crime, was sentenced to one year and six months, respectively, and is punishable by a fine of up to 10,000 yuan. According to reports, this is the first case dealing with the crime of endangering food security.
Five defendants per person to rent a cottage, without going through any business under the conditions in the permit, production of mung bean sprouts, bean sprouts. To eliminate sprouts roots, makes the production of bean sprouts sell well, five accused in the process of production, adding a commonly known as "the rootless sprouts agent" and "water", "plant growth regulators" liquid, will generate bean sprouts sell to luxuriant vegetable wholesale market.
Mentioned in the sentence, by the Hebei agricultural product processing technology center proof of forensic conclusions of forensic, rent accommodation at the five defendants to extract samples of mung bean sprouts, soy sprouts containing 4-chlorophenoxyacetic acid, 6-benzyl adenine component. These two components as a hormone pesticides according to the rule, shall not be used as processing aids used for food use.
According to the trial judge, argued that five of the defendants were presented did not know "rootless sprouts agent" is destructive, do not know this behavior is prohibited by the State, there was no criminal intent. In this regard, the Court found that the five defendants knowingly use of additives without packing, no instructions, no manufacturer, also did not know about the additives used in food production cases, arbitrarily long used in food production, its behaviour in line with Constitution of crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food. Crime of producing and selling toxic and hazardous food is "committed", as long as implementation, added acts as crimes.

10:38 on July 19, 2014 Hebei news network-Hebei legal daily