Definition of concealment

Legal analysis: the act of concealing or not reporting relevant events or accidents.

Legal basis: Article 408th of the Criminal Law of People's Republic of China (PRC). Any functionary of a state organ responsible for the supervision and administration of food and drug safety who abuses his power or neglects his duty under any of the following circumstances, resulting in serious consequences or other serious circumstances, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than five years or criminal detention; Whoever causes especially serious consequences or has other especially serious circumstances shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than five years but not more than 10 years: (1) concealing or falsely reporting food safety accidents or drug safety incidents; (2) failing to investigate and deal with the serious food and drug safety violations found; (three) in the process of examination and approval of drugs and special foods, the application that does not meet the requirements is approved; Should be transferred to judicial organs for criminal responsibility according to law; (five) there are other acts of abuse of power or dereliction of duty. Whoever commits the crime mentioned in the preceding paragraph for favoritism and malpractice shall be given a heavier punishment.