An old man set up a stall to sell vegetables. He earned 13 yuan but was fined 30,000 yuan. He angrily criticized the Municipal Supervision Bureau in court. What was the result?

Old man Liu sells celery for 4 yuan per catty and green vegetables for 2 yuan per catty. When the sales were going strong, staff from the Municipal Supervision Bureau came over and said they wanted to do random inspections. Then they took 2 pounds of celery and 2 pounds of green vegetables as random inspection samples and took them back for testing.

The results showed that the content of carbofuran in celery exceeded the standard, and the content of fluprene cyanide in the green vegetables exceeded the standard. In the vernacular, it means that the pesticide residue exceeded the standard! The Municipal Supervision Bureau verified that General Liu Laohan sold vegetables for 72 yuan, of which the profit was 13 yuan. Then he confiscated 13 yuan in profits and fined him 30,000 yuan. Old Man Liu refused to accept the decision and filed a complaint with the Municipal Supervision Bureau in court, demanding that the punishment be revoked. Angrily criticized the Municipal Supervision Bureau in court

In court, Liu Laohan said that the vegetables were purchased from the wholesale market and he did not know whether the pesticide residues exceeded the standard, so the wholesaler should be held accountable. The Municipal Supervision Bureau responded that you are right, wholesalers indeed need to be held accountable. However, you cannot provide the name, phone number and business license social credit code of the corresponding wholesaler, so we cannot conduct an in-depth investigation and the responsibility can only be borne by you.

Old man Liu also said, I ride a tricycle and set up a stall to sell. The wholesale and sales quantities are very small, and your test results show that the pesticide residue is only slightly excessive and does not cause serious harm to society, so I should be exempted from fines. .

The Municipal Supervision Bureau responded: You have sold out all the vegetables that day and cannot recover them. This is not a minor or correctable violation and cannot be exempted from punishment according to law.

In addition, I need to tell you that the law stipulates that the value of illegal products sold is within 10,000 yuan, and the corresponding fine is 50,000 to 100,000 yuan. In other words, no matter you sell goods for 1 yuan, The goods were still sold for 9,999 yuan, and the fines started at 50,000 yuan. It is because we took your situation into consideration that we held a hearing and made an exception to lower the fine to 30,000 yuan. This is already extrajudicial mercy! What was the result?

The court held that food is the most important thing for the people and food safety is no small matter. It is a fact that the pesticide residues in the vegetables sold by Old Man Liu exceeded the standard. The legal provisions are very clear, and the Municipal Supervision Bureau has indeed made an exception to reduce the amount of fines. Therefore, Old Man Liu lost the case in the end.

From a legal perspective, both the punishment imposed by the Municipal Supervision Bureau and the court's judgment are legal and compliant. This is undisputed because the relevant regulations are clearly written there.

Such punishments are also intended to deter unscrupulous businesses to the greatest extent and increase the illegal costs of profit-seeking people. The starting point is to allow everyone to eat with peace of mind and safety! As the court said, food safety is bigger than the sky and should not be taken lightly.