In order to create the so-called "slimming coffee", two enterprises in Guangzhou illegally added phenolphthalein to claim 1.61 million.

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Enterprises produce coffee without qualification and illegally add harmful substances to create the so-called "slimming coffee". On November 2, a criminal incidental civil public interest lawsuit in the field of food and drug safety prosecuted by Yuexiu District Procuratorate was heard in Yuexiu District Court.

On November 2, the reporter learned from the Guangzhou Yuexiu District Procuratorate that in order to achieve the slimming effect of their own brand of "slimming coffee", two unqualified companies in Guangzhou added phenolphthalein and other illegal additives.

If overdose or long-term abuse, can cause human body electrolyte metabolism disorder, serious even can induce arrhythmia. To this end, the Yuexiu Procuratorate examined and sued the case of criminal incidental civil public interest litigation in the field of food and drug safety, asking the defendant to pay punitive damages of 1.615 million yuan. The case opened in Yuexiu District Court on November 2.

Since April 2017, Guangzhou Yanmou Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Maimou Biotech Co., Ltd., without relevant qualifications, Cui Mouqing, a Yanmou company, provided coffee raw materials, and Mai company Wei Mouping and Deng Mou provided packaging materials to produce "FITMATE" brand coffee drinks in Guangzhou Yanmou Biotechnology Co., Ltd., which were sold by Guangzhou Maimou Biotechnology Co., Ltd.

The "FITMATE" brand coffee beverage number is called "slimming Coffee" and is suspected of adding illegal additives. After further investigation, it was found that Cui Mouqing, Wei Mouping and Deng Mou added phenolphthalein and other illegal additives to their coffee to achieve the so-called "slimming" and "weight loss" effect.

Yuexiu Procuratorate said that according to the law of our country, it is forbidden to add phenolphthalein to food (including health food). Phenolphthalein is a chemical and clinical prescription drug, which has strict indications and needs to be used under the guidance of doctors. if overdose or long-term abuse, it can cause electrolyte metabolic disorders and even arrhythmias in serious cases.

It was found that the defendant Yan company and Mai company sold 85 cases of "FITMATE" brand coffee drinks to unspecified consumers, 50 cans each, totaling 4250 cans. In the process of examination and prosecution, the public prosecution department of Yuexiu Procuratorate found that the case seriously endangered the personal safety of consumers and damaged social and public interests, so it handed over the clue to the civil administrative procuratorial department of the court.

After a visit and investigation, the Yuexiu Procuratorate prosecuted the defendants Guangzhou Yanmou Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Maimou Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Cui Mouqing, Wei Mouping, and Deng on suspicion of committing the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food. At the same time, the criminal incidental civil public interest lawsuit was filed in accordance with the law, and the defendant was ordered to pay punitive damages of ten times the price of Guangzhou Yanmou Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Guangzhou Maimou Biotechnology Co., Ltd., the total compensation of 1.615 million yuan was turned over to the state treasury, and the defendants Cui Mouqing, Wei Mouping and Deng were jointly and severally liable for compensation. The defendant was also required to make a public apology on television stations at or above the provincial level and newspapers distributed nationwide, and was no longer allowed to engage in food production, operation and management.

The case is still under further trial.

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