Weekly Public Opinion Summary of the Food Industry (2026.11.02-11.08)

Food Partner Network News: The public opinion information of the food industry from November 02 to November 08, 2026 is as follows:

The 1,000-yuan "pain-relieving" honey pills actually contain prohibited substances! The cost is only 41 yuan

Recently, CCTV exposed a case of illegal drug addition in 1,000-yuan "pain-relieving" honey pills, which has attracted attention.

According to reports, a product named "Baizhi Fushe Wan", which claims to be specially effective for leg pain and back pain, is sold at a price as high as 2,388 yuan, but its packaging is marked as convenient food. The cost of this product is only about 41 yuan, with a price premium as high as 58 times. More seriously, this product was found to be illegally added with the analgesic "rotundine".

According to the report, franchisees made real-name reports that enterprises including Anhui Benhang Health sold the toxic and harmful food "Baizhi Fushe Wan" through their franchised stores, illegally mixing in the prohibited additive "rotundine" explicitly banned by the state. The Anhui Provincial Market Supervision Administration, together with Hefei municipal market supervision authorities and Hefei public security authorities, held a multi-department coordination meeting to make unified deployment for the operation. Law enforcement departments found through unannounced visits that the stores exaggerated the curative effect, and seized a large number of products, semi-finished products and forged certificates in surprise inspections. Testing showed that the honey pills contained the analgesic rotundine, but the persons involved in the case always denied adding "rotundine", and no procurement records of "rotundine" could be found in the company's accounts. Law enforcement officers then found through investigation that the convenient food was mixed with Chinese medicinal materials containing Corydalis Rhizoma, which naturally contains "rotundine". The enterprises deliberately added it despite knowing that Corydalis Rhizoma is not a medicinal and edible homologous raw material and cannot be added to food, with sales exceeding 11 million yuan in five years. It was found that the cost of "Baizhi Fushe Wan" is about 45 yuan per kilogram. A jar contains 900 grams, with a cost of about 41 yuan, and the uniform selling price in stores is 2,388 yuan, about 58 times the cost. At present, criminal compulsory measures have been taken against the responsible persons involved, and relevant entities have been placed on file for investigation and punishment.

A store of a well-known Sichuan cuisine brand was fined 10,000 yuan for plastic wrap mixed in its children's set meal

Recently, Guangzhou Aqiangjia Catering Co., Ltd. was ordered by the regulatory authority to make corrections and fined 10,000 yuan for the illegal acts of having plastic wrap mixed in the children's set meal provided to consumers, mixing semi-finished products with raw materials, and having oil stains on the floor of the operation room.

It is reported that in August this year, a citizen of Guangzhou reported that "when dining at the Aqiangjia Sichuan cuisine store with my 2-year-old baby, I found plastic wrap in the children's set meal."

The Tianhe District Market Supervision Administration of Guangzhou recently made an administrative penalty decision on Guangzhou Aqiangjia Catering Co., Ltd. regarding the relevant incident. The public notice shows that after investigation, it is confirmed that the party had the facts that plastic wrap was mixed in the children's set meal provided to consumers on August 16, 2026, semi-finished products were mixed with raw materials, and there were oil stains on the floor of the operation room. The above acts are suspected of violating relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law and constitute the act of operating food that does not meet food safety standards.

For the illegal act of the party operating food mixed with foreign matter, in view of the fact that the party promptly and voluntarily stopped the illegal act, made compensation in time, and actively cooperated with law enforcement officers in investigating and punishing its illegal act, which complies with relevant provisions of the Rules for the Application of Administrative Penalty Discretion of Guangdong Provincial Market Supervision Administration, it is decided to impose a lighter penalty. In accordance with relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, the party is ordered to make corrections, and the lighter penalty is imposed as follows: a fine of 10,000 yuan. For the illegal acts of mixing semi-finished products with raw materials in the party's business premises and having oil stains on the floor of the operation room, in accordance with relevant provisions of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, the party is ordered to make corrections, and the following administrative penalty is imposed: a warning. In summary, it is decided to order the party to make corrections and impose the following penalties: 1. A warning; 2. A fine of 10,000 yuan.

Zhong Xue Gao makes a comeback! Single piece discounted from 7.49 yuan

On November 3, the ice cream brand "Zhong Xue Gao" resumed sales on the JD platform.

According to the "Zhong Xue Gao JD Self-operated Flagship Store", the products launched this time are mainly combo packs of four pieces and eight pieces, with flavors including classic combinations such as light milk, velvet cocoa and Banban Qiaoqiao.

According to the selling price information, the equivalent price per piece of light milk is about 11.5 yuan, and that of velvet cocoa and Banban Qiaoqiao is about 13.17 yuan. The original price of the eight-piece pack with three mixed flavors is 99.9 yuan, equivalent to about 12.49 yuan per piece; the discounted price is 59.9 yuan, equivalent to about 7.49 yuan per piece.

At present, the four-piece pack shows "temporarily unavailable for sale" in some regions. It is learned from the Zhong Xue Gao brand side that other sales channels are in active negotiation, and store opening and normal sales will be completed successively.

"Store exploration" without visiting the store: legal boundaries to be clarified

Recently, AI store exploration on short video platforms has emerged. Digital avatars can generate store exploration videos in batches without visiting the stores, featuring low cost and fast output, which is used by many small and medium-sized catering merchants to attract traffic and acquire customers. Some of such videos are marked with AI generation prompts, but mere marking cannot exempt liability.

Experts point out that AI store exploration itself is not illegal, but if it fabricates dining experiences and presents false dishes or environments, it constitutes false advertising and violates the Advertising Law. The obligation of AI labeling and the obligation of content authenticity are independent of each other, and labeling AI does not mean that false publicity is allowed. In-person store exploration by real people is still more trusted, and AI is more suitable for mass content production to attract traffic. In the future, the industry may move toward the integration of virtual and real elements, which requires self-discipline of merchants, gatekeeping of platforms and comprehensive supervision, and consumers also need to distinguish rationally to prevent consumption misleading.

Cleaner picks earwax with a skewer and throws it back into the basin: responses from all parties

On October 30, a video spread online showing that a cleaner at a chuanchuan (skewer hot pot) restaurant in Hanzhong, Shaanxi used a skewer to pick her ears and then threw the skewer back into the basin, which attracted attention.

Netizens said that the involved store is the "Chuan Xiang Ni" outlet in Hantai District, Hanzhong. The involved store stated that the person in the video was a cleaner who had just joined the company not long ago. After the incident, the store made rectifications overnight, all the involved skewers were destroyed, and the involved cleaner was dealt with. The store apologized to the public for this incident.

Staff of the Hantai District Market Supervision Administration confirmed that the situation is true. The staff pointed out that skewers cannot be placed in the open and need to be stored in the operation room; other non-compliance problems were also found on site, as some employees did not wear masks and work clothes as required when processing ingredients, and the operation procedures were not standardized. The staff also explained that all ingredients in the store were fresh and within the shelf life, and the regulatory authority will follow up continuously to urge the store to implement all-round rectification.

Woman finds duck blood residues in hot pot without ordering duck blood

On the night of October 31, Ms. Li (pseudonym), a netizen in Suining, Sichuan, reported that she took her child to dine at a local hot pot restaurant. Just after putting in one dish and dining for a few minutes, she found a lot of duck blood residues in the pot bottom when scooping dishes with a strainer, while she did not order duck blood. She suspected that the pot bottom had been eaten by others and served to her table without being treated. The group stopped eating, left the store directly without paying the meal fee, then dialed 12345 and called the police.

The clerk of the involved store said that they were explaining to the customers and a special person in charge was following up the matter. They had apologized to the customers and did not charge at that time, but "temporarily unable to give an appropriate explanation" because the solution had not been determined.

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