Professional counterfeit fighters reported buying expired milk at the supermarket. The supermarket released surveillance footage showing "he repeatedly fiddled with the products," and the market regulation department intervened to investigate.

Why can’t post-inspection by the Market Supervision Bureau serve as evidence in an incident?

Beijing News Reporter Zhao Lu, Production Luo Weiwei

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On March 31, netizen Mr. Mao posted a video claiming that he bought expired milk at a supermarket in Shangli, Jiangxi. On April 1, the involved supermarket released surveillance footage showing Mr. Mao repeatedly putting products from the shelf into his pocket and handling them, suggesting that the expired milk may have had its date tampered with by Mr. Mao or that he brought it in himself.

Mr. Mao stated that he is a professional consumer rights defender, and that putting products in his pocket was to check whether the production date had been altered by the store. His claim is to seek compensation of 1,000 yuan. Staff from the Shangli Market Supervision Bureau said that after the incident, they checked this batch of milk and found no issues, but that subsequent inspections cannot serve as evidence for the incident, and they will organize negotiations between both parties to resolve the matter.

Duty Editor: Gu Li, Intern: Shen Yueying