China News Service, Zhengzhou, September 12 (Reporter Wang Yu) The reporter learned from the Henan Provincial Administration for Market Regulation on the 12th that since the beginning of this year, market supervision departments at all levels in the province have carried out in-depth special operations to control the production and sale of fake and inferior meat products, and investigated and dealt with a number of illegal cases.
On the same day, the bureau announced the first batch of typical cases, involving various types of illegal activities such as unquarantine pork, adding fluorescent whitening agents, label fraud, and unlicensed production.
For example, Nanyang Sheqi County investigated and dealt with cases of merchants selling toxic and harmful food: In April this year, Nanyang Sheqi County Market Supervision and Administration Bureau, in conjunction with the public security organs, carried out a special investigation of fresh pork merchants in the county. They seized 1,190.78 kilograms of raw pork suspected of being coated with fluorescent whitening agent, 570 packages of fluorescent whitening agent, and business tools such as knives and chopping boards, and sampled the problematic pork for inspection. The forensic identification center tested and issued a judicial identification opinion, which showed that some samples were positive for fluorescent whitening substances. The behavior of the parties concerned violated the provisions of Article 34, Paragraph 1 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, and constituted an illegal act in the production and operation of food with added non-edible substances. At present, the case has been transferred to the public security organs for handling.
Luohe investigated and dealt with the case of a company producing food with false content and infringing the exclusive rights of registered trademarks: On January 21 this year, the Economic and Technological Development Zone Branch of the Luohe Municipal Market Supervision Administration conducted a supervision and inspection of a company in the city in accordance with the law and found that the food labels of pepper and sesame chicken and hand-shredded roast chicken produced by the company were suspected of containing false content. After investigation, the company was engaged in the production of food with false labels in Luohe City from December 2025 to January 2026, and used packaging materials that infringed the exclusive rights of registered trademarks for packaging and sales. The total amount involved was 18,601 yuan. The behavior of the parties violated the provisions of Article 71, Paragraph 1, of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China and Article 57 of the Trademark Law of the People's Republic of China. In May 2026, the bureau imposed administrative penalties on him in accordance with the law.
Zhengzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone investigated and dealt with the case of a company engaged in food production and operation activities without obtaining a food production and operation license: In January this year, the Zhengzhou High-tech Industrial Development Zone Market Supervision and Administration Bureau conducted an on-site inspection of a company within its jurisdiction and found that the company was engaged in food production and operation activities without obtaining a food production and operation license. After investigation, the company was engaged in unlicensed production and processing of meat products in the development zone in January 2026. It was unable to guarantee the traceability of raw materials, process control and finished product inspection, and there were potential food safety hazards. The total amount involved was 93,100 yuan. The behavior of the party concerned violated the provisions of Article 35, Paragraph 1, of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, and constituted an illegal act of engaging in food production and operation activities without obtaining a food production and operation license. In April 2026, the bureau imposed administrative penalties on him in accordance with the law.
