What is worrying is that the fake diet pills "concocted" in the rented cabin next to the toilet have become the best-selling "online celebrity" products on the Internet. Under the temptation of huge illegal interests, "sellers" at all levels do not hesitate to break the law and sell fakes. The author believes that this case highlights that there are still loopholes in the supervision of online drug sales. Relevant online supervision departments and e-commerce platforms must strengthen supervision and management, take effective measures to block the channels of some fake and shoddy goods, especially drugs, and fully protect the legitimate rights and interests of consumers.
The appraisal report shows that the pharmaceutical ingredient of this fake online celebrity diet drug "candy" is sibutramine, which is indeed a diet drug. However, due to the risk of heart disease, the license of this drug in the United States, Australia, the European Union and other countries has been revoked, and pharmaceutical companies have also been ordered to recycle. 20 10 5438+00 June, China also announced that it would stop producing, selling and using sibutramine preparations and raw materials. It is precisely because of its great toxic and side effects that all countries in the world prohibit the production and sale of this drug. However, this diet pill has been transformed into a "candy" on the Internet, becoming an "online celebrity" sought after by consumers who don't know the truth. This fake diet pill made next to the toilet costs less than 70 cents per tablet, but it is as high as one tablet 10 yuan. Under the temptation of huge economic benefits, it is not surprising that manufacturers and sellers know about selling fakes. This "online celebrity" fake medicine will probably continue to sell well if no consumers report injuries.
Undeniably, online sales of counterfeit drugs are diverse and concealed, which relatively increases the difficulty of online supervision. If there is no consumer report, it is difficult for offline regulatory authorities to investigate and deal with it. But if the devil is one foot tall, he should be ten feet tall. On the one hand, the network supervision department should adopt more effective supervision and technical means to judge and screen some hidden online fake sales, so that the fake sellers can show their true colors one by one; On the other hand, the e-commerce platform should also shoulder the responsibility of self-inspection of the settled sellers, strictly check the relevant qualifications of the sellers, the authenticity of the goods sold and whether they comply with relevant laws and regulations, and don't blindly pursue their own economic interests, thus opening the door for some illegal acts of counterfeiting and selling fakes. E-commerce platforms should resolutely put an end to counterfeiters using online platforms to sell fake and shoddy goods such as fake drugs to lose weight.
In addition, consumers should also strengthen their awareness of self-protection and rights protection. They shouldn't buy "three noes" goods online. For fake and shoddy goods bought unintentionally online, we should not only dare to stand up and defend our legitimate rights and interests with legal weapons, but also report to the market supervision department in time, so that law enforcement officers can promptly investigate and deal with illegal and criminal activities of manufacturing and selling fake and shoddy goods offline, thus protecting more consumers from illegal infringement.
No matter how cunning the fox is, it will show its tail. The author believes that the regulatory authorities, e-commerce platforms and consumers should effectively prevent, resolutely resist and severely crack down on illegal activities such as selling fake and shoddy goods online, plug all kinds of loopholes in supervision, and let the hidden "tail" of counterfeiters and sellers be discovered in time, so that fake diet pills like "online celebrities" will no longer have any market harm to consumers.
Source of this article: Red Net