12Feb Carrefour and Other Supermarkets Sell Counterfeit Baby Cabbage at Beijing

The value of dysplastic Chinese cabbage was increased by several folds after its outer leaves were removed.  The lousy cabbages were branded as “Alpine Baby Cabbage” from Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau and sold at the major supermarkets and markets.

The fake baby cabbage incident was discovered by Mr. Dong who stayed at Chuiyangliu Middle St, Beijing, China.  He bought a pack of Alpine Baby Cabbage from local market three days ago.  When he reached home, he noticed that the baby cabbages he bought were different from what he usually bought.

It was written on the product description at the back of the packing, which stated that Alpine Baby Cabbage was produced in Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, Kunming, Qujing, Chuxiong, Yuxi Alpine Areas with high quality mountain spring water.  However there was no statement of the product origin and company’s name or address, and it was sealed with transparent tape.

Mr. Dong was confirmed that the baby cabbage was counterfeit as he was consuming it for over ten years.  He said that both the look and taste were different.

It was later discovered by the reporter disguised as college student that the baby cabbage was actually the heart of Chinese cabbage.  The traders said that the baby cabbages which were sold in bulk were actually the leftover of those rotten Chinese cabbage.  The vendors removed the rotten leaves of the Chinese cabbage and sold the heart as baby cabbages.  The traders said the current wholesale price for 500 grams Chinese cabbage was only 20 cents, and one big Chinese cabbage was less than 70 cents.  When the outer leaves were removed, the heart can be sold at 3 Yuan per 500 grams, and each Chinese cabbage’s heart can be sold at 1.5 Yuan.  So the vendors were not worried if the Chinese cabbages were not sold out as they can be sold as baby cabbage by removing the outer leaves.  This is an unspoken rule and many vendors were doing it.  Some of the vendors even bought the packings of Alpine Baby Cabbage and processed the “Alpine Baby Cabbage” by themselves.  Similar fake Alpine Baby Cabbage had been processed from the markets and flowed into the major supermarkets.

When the reporter went to complain to the market management, he was kicked out and was told that alpine baby cabbages were produced like that, and if he was not satisfied, he can just returned the goods at where he bought them.  The reporter had already complaint to the Beijing industrial and commercial bureau.

Source: enorth

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