Shanghai dog shit cake leads to doubts about "dog shit cake"
Recently, a product called "dog shit cake" launched by a Shanghai company has attracted many doubts. The product's outer packaging is printed with the logo of "Shanghai specialty products". Some Shanghai locals say that "there is no'dog shit cake 'in Shanghai specialty products at all. In response, the staff of the Market Supervision Bureau of Minhang District in Shanghai said that it is difficult to define whether" dog shit cake "is a" Shanghai specialty product ".
Dog shit cake with specialty label
Recently, some netizens broke the news that "a company in Shanghai launched dog shit cakes in the name of Shanghai specialty products, which are sold in supermarkets and online stores. Shanghai people are very inexplicable when they see it, and foreign tourists buy it one after another."
According to photos provided by netizens, the pastry, called "dog shit cake", is packaged in a linen pocket with the words "Shanghai specialty" and "Shanghai Fengdu food" written on the package. On the label hanging on the outer package is the slogan "Eat dog shit cake, get shit luck".
The Beiqing Daily reporter found that some netizens had bought this kind of dim sum called "dog shit cake" in nearby stores such as Shanghai Town God Temple and Hongqiao Airport, but most of them were not locals of Shanghai, but asked people or themselves to buy "dog shit cake" to take home.
A reporter from Beiqing Daily contacted a "Shanghai Chenghuang Temple Specialty Store" located on Henan Middle Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai. The other party said that the store sold "dog shit cakes" at a price of 42 yuan a bag.
In addition to brick and mortar stores, reporters searched and found that there are also stores selling "dog shit cakes" on Taobao, JD.com and other websites. The pictures provided by the store show that the "dog shit cakes" sold online are of the same type as those leaked by netizens. Some are priced at 25 yuan, and some are priced at 28 yuan.
Specialty "identity" questioned
But when it comes to the "dog shit cake," some local Shanghainese are skeptical of the manufacturer's claim to be a "specialty of Shanghai." Shen Tao, a food critic and brand planner, said on Weibo that "there is no Shanghai dictionary for'dog shit, 'Shanghainese only say'dog stain,' and there is no Shanghai dialect for'dog shit luck. '"
A Shanghai Internet user also said, "There is no'dog shit cake 'in Shanghai specialty products at all, and there is no word'shit' in Shanghai dialect at all. What foreign tourists come to Shanghai to try must be authentic Shanghai specialty products, not Shanghai specialty products invented by outsiders patting their heads in Shanghai."
A Beijing Youth Daily reporter called the Shanghai food company, and a person in charge said that the company does produce a kind of pastry called "dog shit candy", but the product was only put into production more than a year ago. The reporter then asked whether the product was a "special product of Shanghai." The other party said that "many things can now call themselves special products of Shanghai," and said that the company "has passed the review." The person in charge said that the "dog shit" in the product name means auspicious. "Our boss said, 'Eat dog shit cake, get lucky,' so it was called'dog shit cake. '"
"Specialty" has no specific specifications
The reporter then contacted the Shanghai Minhang District Market Supervision Bureau. A staff member said that Shanghai Fengdu Food Co., Ltd. is a food manufacturer in Minhang District. "We will conduct random inspections of the company's products every year," but we have not yet heard of the problems reported by netizens.
According to the staff member, based on past regulatory experience, there is no specific specification or interpretation of "Shanghai specialty products", so it is difficult to define whether "dog shit cakes" violate relevant labeling regulations. "If consumers have doubts about the product, they can report it through the complaint and reporting platform."
The reporter interviewed Chang Sha of the Kyoto Law Firm about the "dog shit cake" printed with the logo of "Shanghai specialty product". Chang Sha introduced that "× × specialty product" is not a legal concept and is not clearly defined. However, if the operator fabricates false origin of the goods on the goods and their packaging, and fails to indicate the true content as required, which leads to consumers' misunderstanding of the origin of the purchased goods and violates consumers' right to know, it is an act of misleading consumers.
Chang Sha introduced that if consumers want to protect their rights, they can complain to the local consumer association, which will safeguard their legitimate rights and interests, or directly to the local industry and commerce administrative department and relevant administrative departments about the product misleading consumers.
