Attorney: consumers filed public interest litigation against Fuxi expired meat incident | | Fuk Hei expired meat _ news

People's daily online, July 27 (old Ying ying Yue Xiao Xuan) recently, Shanghai joy Foods Limited (hereinafter referred to as Fuxi company) was exposed by the media use expired meat raw food, the Shanghai food and drug departments to identify the "allegedly organized illegal production or business operation can be implemented food" aroused enormous repercussions.

In view of the food safety problems occur from time to time, the infringement of the right to health of the consumer, on such issues as how to more effectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, Guangdong Province, with some deputies of the Consumer Council, legal experts discussed.

Guangdong Province, representatives of the national people's Congress, CC legal research Committee experts, prominent lawyer Zhu Lieyu believes that Fuxi, could initiate litigation. Fuxi company filed public interest litigation, an activist in favour of many consumers in the future, then social pressure and legal pressure on the enterprise, to effectively curb the recurrence of such incidents. He also pointed out that the met food safety incidents, Chinese people often adopt a "conciliatory" attitude, but negotiations and business in a simple, get a little compensation, just forget it. It is precisely such actions and attitudes condoning the merchant violation. As a consumer, encounter this kind of problem should be actively engaged with consumer associations or seek the assistance of a lawyer, active through the legal channels, even through the litigation approach to problem solving. Consumers more value, more active use of legal weapons, better able to safeguard their legitimate rights and interests.

Legal counsel of the Consumer Council, Guangdong, Guangdong Province, Huang Zhiwei, Director of State law firm thinks of the "Shanghai incident", according to the law could initiate litigation, but China on the steps of public interest litigation, practices lack relevant legal guidelines. On how to better protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers, he raised two points: first, the illegal enterprise costs too low, should increase the penalties for illegal businesses, illegal enterprises go bankrupt and, secondly, governmental and administrative authorities should take the initiative.

(Edit: SN123)
July 27, 2014, at 16:12 People's daily online