Future.com, Beijing, September 20 (Reporter Zhang Bingqing) Future.com reporters learned from Qichacha App that recently, the Suixi Suihai Road branch of Walmart (Guangdong) Commercial Retail Co., Ltd. was banned by Suixi County for selling food that exceeded its expiration date. The Market Supervision and Administration Bureau fined 50,000 yuan and confiscated 29.8 yuan of illegal gains. The punishment details show that the party sold 1 bag of Yurun black pepper beef slices to the complainant through its e-commerce platform. As of the time of the complainant's purchase, the food had exceeded the shelf life of 51 days.
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Future.com reporter learned that before September was over, Walmart had been fined three times for food safety issues.
At the beginning of the month, the Jianguo Road branch of Beijing Walmart Department Store Co., Ltd. was notified by Beijing Municipal Market Supervision and Administration Bureau that the bulk squid cadmium project it operated did not meet the pollutant limit requirements in the national food safety standards, and was supervised and managed by the market in Chaoyang District, Beijing. The bureau fined 51,000 yuan and confiscated 166.8 yuan of illegal gains.
In addition, the Chongqing Huixing branch of Walmart (Chongqing) Department Store Co., Ltd. was punished by the Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Yubei District, Chongqing City for violating the food safety law, fined 5,000 yuan, and confiscated illegal income and illegal property. The subject of punishment shows that after inspection, the total bacterial count items of the rye salad hamburger bun sold by the parties did not meet the requirements.
In recent years, Walmart has been punished several times for food safety issues. On May 19, 2022, the Shanghai Wujiaochang branch of Walmart East China Department Store Co., Ltd. was banned from the market in Yangpu District, Shanghai because the “Oreo Colorful Flavor Pack” sandwich biscuits and “Yuanqi Forest Milk Tea Strong Fragrance Original Milk Tea Drink” sold exceeded the expiration date. The Supervision Bureau fined 50,000 yuan. In June, the Shanghai Gucun branch of Walmart East China Department Store Co., Ltd. was fined 30,000 yuan for selling expired fresh milk. According to
, in addition to food safety issues, Walmart has been fined more than ten times for illegal advertising, unfair competition, and consumer rights violations, with a total fine of more than one million yuan.
