And these follow-up questions... why does a mouse head need to be investigated by a provincial investigation team? Operation of the "pointing mice to ducks" incident | Food | Incident

Mouse head or duck neck? The recent public opinion focused on the food safety incident at Jiangxi Vocational and Technical College has finally yielded results. On June 17th, the joint investigation team of Jiangxi Province issued a notice determining that the foreign object was the head of a rodent like rodent.

After the investigation and handling situation was announced, the official WeChat account of the college has deleted the previous top ranking statement. On the evening of June 3rd, the official Weibo account of Jiangxi Vocational and Technical College of Industry released a situation report, stating that the "foreign object" in the food was confirmed by the parties involved as a duck neck.

Although the official investigation results confirm that the foreign object is indeed a mouse head, there are still many unresolved questions about this matter. Why is the investigation statement previously released by the school missing? Where did the mouse body go when its head was discovered? How to hold accountable those who refer to rats as ducks?

What penalties do canteens still face?

Lan Tianbin, Senior Partner of Jiangsu Fade Dongheng Law Firm, told reporters that according to the provisions of the Food Safety Law, if the production and operation of contaminated and unclean food mixed with foreign objects does not constitute a crime, the food safety supervision and management department of the people's government at or above the county level shall confiscate the illegally obtained and illegally produced food and food additives, and may also confiscate tools, equipment, raw materials and other items used for illegal production and operation; If the value of illegally produced and operated food or food additives is less than 10000 yuan, a fine of not less than 50000 yuan but not more than 100000 yuan shall be imposed; If the value of the goods exceeds 10000 yuan, a fine of ten to twenty times the value of the goods shall be imposed; If the circumstances are serious, the license shall be revoked.

Lan Tianbin stated that in this incident, there were rat heads mixed in the food, indicating poor hygiene conditions. The cafeteria should have its business license revoked. If the value of food and food additives illegally produced and operated is less than 10000 yuan, a fine of not less than 50000 yuan but not more than 100000 yuan shall be imposed.

How will the executives of the involved enterprises be punished?

According to Lan Tianbin's introduction, according to the provisions of the Food Safety Law, if a person violates legal provisions, refuses, obstructs, or interferes with relevant departments, institutions, and their staff to carry out food safety supervision and inspection, accident investigation and handling, risk monitoring, and risk assessment in accordance with the law, the relevant competent department shall order the suspension of production and business according to their respective responsibilities, and impose a fine of not less than 2000 yuan but not more than 50000 yuan; If the circumstances are serious, the license shall be revoked; If it constitutes a violation of public security management, the public security organs shall impose public security management penalties in accordance with the law.

Among them, food producers and operators whose licenses have been revoked, their legal representatives, directly responsible supervisors, and other directly responsible personnel shall not apply for food production and operation licenses, or engage in food production and operation management work or assume the role of food safety management personnel in food production and operation enterprises within five years from the date of the punishment decision.

Lawyer Xia Hailong from Shanghai Shenlun Law Firm told reporters that according to regulations, if the value of illegally operated food exceeds 10000 yuan, a fine of 15 to 30 times the value of the goods may be imposed, and the license may be revoked. The public security organs may detain the directly responsible supervisor for 5 to 15 days.

Will personnel from the market supervision and management department be disciplined?

According to Lan Tianbin, in accordance with the provisions of the Food Safety Law, if a person fails to fulfill their legal responsibilities, fails to cooperate in investigating and punishing food safety violations, or abuses their power, neglects their duties, or engages in favoritism and fraud, and causes adverse consequences to the food safety supervision and management, health administration, agriculture administration, and other departments of the people's government at or above the county level, the directly responsible person in charge and other directly responsible personnel shall be given a warning, demerit, or major demerit; Those with serious circumstances shall be demoted or dismissed from their positions; Those with serious circumstances shall be dismissed.

Lan Tianbin believes that in this incident, the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau is suspected of abusing its power or neglecting its duties, referring to the rat as a duck and having a negative social impact. Therefore, the supervisory personnel or directly responsible personnel should be given disciplinary actions such as demerit, major demerit, demotion or dismissal, and even dismissal.

He also stated that the school involved refers to rats as ducks, which has a negative social impact. Relevant personnel should also be given disciplinary actions such as demerits, major demerits, demotion or dismissal, and even dismissal.

Media comments

Why does a mouse head need to be investigated by a provincial investigation team?

After the joint investigation team released the investigation results, the account @ Xiake Island under the overseas version of People's Daily commented, "Why does a mouse head need to be investigated by a provincial investigation team?"

The comments say that previously the school and relevant departments insisted on being a "duck neck", but now it seems that it is just adding to the laughing stock and insulting intelligence.

Mouse head or duck neck? It is not difficult to confirm, but due to the collusion and concealment of relevant units, they have forcefully escalated minor issues and submitted conflicts, causing a boiling of public opinion on the entire network. It requires the intervention of provincial investigation teams to investigate and clarify. During this period, a large amount of administrative resources were wasted, and the credibility of grassroots governments and relevant units was even more damaged. What a loss! It fully exposes the work style of some local departments that cover up and evade, do not take action, and be lazy when there is public opinion.

The comments point out that the absurd "rat head duck neck" incident has given us a wake-up call: seeking truth from facts is the best way to solve problems and calm public opinion.

The truth of the incident has been investigated, but the discussion of referring to "mice" as "ducks" may not immediately turn the page, just like foreign objects in the cafeteria will not appear out of thin air, and the trust of netizens will not be restored in the short term. In addition to resolving the school's food hygiene issues as soon as possible, those who blindly play tricks on the public opinion in this incident should also be dealt with seriously. This absurd thing of referring to "rats" as "ducks" cannot be repeated again!

Source | China News Network, @ Chivalrous Island