Void-Ratio Failures: Shanghai Flags Five Mooncake Gift Box Batches for Suspected Overpackaging
On September 19, the official WeChat account “Shanghai Market Regulation” announced that the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation had carried out on-site enforcement inspections and supervisory spot checks targeting excessive packaging in mooncake gift boxes. The checks identified five batches of mooncake gift box packaging samples with unqualified void ratios, suspected of overpackaging. The brands involved include GODIVA, Venchi, Cai Lan, Gui Man Long and Member’s Mark.
Municipal and district market regulation authorities in Shanghai concentrated on premium mooncake gift boxes sold by chain restaurants, hotels and similar businesses in selected popular commercial areas. They drew five samples from five companies. Preliminary on-site testing showed that four batches failed the packaging void-ratio requirement under GB 23350-2009, “Requirements for Restricting Excessive Packaging of Commodities—Food and Cosmetics,” raising suspected excessive-packaging issues. The products named were: the “Venchi” Moon-Viewing Chocolate Mooncake Double-Layer Loose Chocolate Gift Box, nominally distributed by Fanke (Shanghai) Trading Co., Ltd.; the “GODIVA” Yajin Linglong Gift Box, nominally distributed by Godiva (Shanghai) Food Trading Co., Ltd.; the “Gui Man Long” Yuexia Fu Gui Mid-Autumn Gift Box (mooncakes + osmanthus iced brew), nominally distributed by Shanghai Nuangui Catering Management Co., Ltd.; and the “Cai Lan” Xianyue Gift Box, nominally distributed by Baobao (Shanghai) Catering Management Co., Ltd.
In parallel, the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation conducted supervisory spot checks on mooncake gift box packaging through both online and offline channels. A total of eight batches were sampled, involving three production enterprises and four sales enterprises; six of the batches came from online e-commerce platforms. One batch—the Member’s Mark durian snowskin mooncake, nominally produced by Wal-Mart (China) Investment Co., Ltd. and distributed by Wal-Mart East China Department Store Co., Ltd. on JD.com—was found to have an unqualified packaging void ratio and was considered an excessively packaged product.
Shanghai market regulation authorities are currently handling the production and operating entities suspected of excessive packaging in line with applicable laws, regulations and procedures.
Source: China Packaging Network (pack.cn); original link: http://news.pack.cn/show-378298.html
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