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recently, a consumer in yiyang, hunan reported that he bought four crabs at a seafood store. the price on that day (september 10) was 75 yuan per catty. later, he found that the plastic tape used to tie the crabs weighed 4 taels. he believed that the merchant had seriously deceived consumers and made money in an unscrupulous way.

the rope used to tie the crab weighs 4 liang. photo/rednet

jiupai news learned from the anhua county market supervision and administration bureau that law enforcement officers went to xianrun seafood store in chengnan, anhua county, yiyang city for inspection on september 13. the party concerned had crabs for sale in the store, and the crabs were tied with plastic ropes. the party concerned stated that the leggings of the crabs were brought with them when they were purchased. the law enforcement officers criticized and educated the party concerned, and asked the party concerned to put an end to such behavior. the party concerned immediately removed this batch of crabs from the shelves and stated that he would not purchase related products again. he promised to use safe and reasonable crab tying ropes, integrity baskets, qualified electronic scales and safe and qualified plastic shopping bags, and strictly implement clear price tags to put an end to irregular weighing of aquatic products. at the same time, consumers who have previously purchased this batch of crabs can use the receipts to refund the excess amount.

on september 21, jiupai news contacted the merchant, who said that the purchase price of the batch of swimming crabs involved was 64 yuan per catty and the selling price was 75 yuan per catty, and he did not make any unscrupulous money. "besides, there are no stocks along the coast due to the typhoon these two days, and the swimming crabs will weigh 80 to 91 catties." he explained that when the crabs were purchased, they were tied together with ropes and weighed with ropes. the staff of the market supervision and administration bureau came to investigate and also checked the purchase documents.

"first of all, there is no problem with my scale. merchants should keep the documents well. if the rope is ours, then it must be our problem." he said that this batch of goods has been taken off the shelves and this incident has also had a certain impact on their business.

jiupai news reporter tao zitong