On May 13, according to the National Enterprise Credit Information Publicity System, MUJI (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. recently reported that “sales did not comply with national standards, industry standards, and local standards that protect human health and personal and property safety (only “Products Restricted by Regulations” were imposed an administrative penalty of confiscating illegal income of RMB 1,222,988 and a fine of RMB 38,343,740 by the Shanghai Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau.
The reporter’s inquiry found that the above-mentioned administrative penalties may be due to the failure of 2 batches of children’s clothing sampling inspection by MUJI, and the administrative penalties occurred after The next day, MUJI was once again administratively punished by the Huangpu District Market Supervision Bureau for quality problems, and was fined twice in a row for quality problems within 2 days. In addition, MUJI has frequent quality problems and has been punished by market regulatory authorities four times since September last year.
2 batches of children’s clothing failed to pass the random inspection and were fined
The reporter checked the website of the Shanghai Municipal Administration for Market Regulation and found that the Jing’an District Administration for Market Regulation issued an administrative penalty on April 29. The object of the penalty, the type of illegal conduct, and the amount of the fine were all consistent with the above-mentioned cases.
The details of the case on April 29 showed that during the product quality supervision spot inspection organized by the Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation in 2020, the products of MUJI (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. were Determined to be unqualified. The above clues were transferred from the Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation to the Jing’an District Administration for Market Regulation for processing. On February 5, 2021, the Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau launched an investigation into the parties involved.
On August 12, 2020, during the clothing product quality supervision spot inspection organized by the Guangzhou Municipal Administration for Market Regulation, the first basement floor of No. 8 Huangsha Avenue, Liwan District, Guangzhou MUJI (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. Guangzhou Liwan Branch in Room B191 sells MUJI brand lightweight pants (children’s navy blue, hereinafter referred to as lightweight pants) with item number E9AL202 and MUJI brand overalls skirt (children’s overalls skirt, item number E9AL203) (hereinafter referred to as suspender skirts) were subject to sampling inspection.
On September 3, 2020, the “Inspection Report” issued by Guangzhou Inspection, Testing and Certification Group Co., Ltd. showed that after sampling inspection, the color fastness to wet rubbing of the two products was not satisfactory. Complying with the requirements of GB31701-2015B standard, the product quality is judged to be unqualified. Later, MUJI asked for re-inspection, and the re-inspection concluded that the products were unqualified.
Details of the case show that the products involved in the case were 149 pieces of lightweight pants and 282 pieces of overalls, with a total value of RMB 38,343.74. During the period when the party sold the aforementioned products, the input tax was deducted and no value-added tax was paid, so the illegal income was determined to be RMB 1,229.88. The Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau imposed an administrative penalty on Muji in accordance with the law: “ordering to stop selling the products involved, confiscating illegal gains of 1,222,988 yuan, and imposing a fine of 38,343,740 yuan.”
Noted that on the day after the above-mentioned administrative penalty case was released, MUJI (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. was administratively punished by the Shanghai Huangpu District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau for illegal activities. The type is “the average actual content of bulk quantitatively packaged goods is less than the marked net content”, and the administrative penalty is “a fine of 0.39 million yuan and an order to make corrections.”
Has been fined 4 times due to quality issues since last year
Public Information shows that MUJI is a Japanese grocery brand that was born in 1980. It officially entered the Chinese market in July 2005 and currently has more than 200 stores in the country. Tianyancha shows that Muji (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. has a registered capital of US$29 million. The company was established in May 2005. The legal representative is Satoshi Shimizu, and Liangpin Co., Ltd. is the sole shareholder of the company.
This is not the first time that Muji has been fined due to product quality issues. The reporter noticed that since its establishment, MUJI (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. has been punished by regulatory authorities 13 times. Since September last year alone, MUJI (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd. has been administratively punished by the market supervision department for product quality issues a total of 4 times:
On September 22, 2020, The company was fined 21,069 yuan and ordered to make corrections by the Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau for “producing and selling unqualified products as qualified #products”;
On October 28, 2020, the company was fined and confiscated by the Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Shanghai for “production and operation of food and food additives with false production dates, shelf life or expired shelf life” An administrative penalty of 50,000 yuan;
On April 2, 2021, the company was fined by the Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau for confiscation of illegal income of 0.29796 for “passing off unqualified products as qualified products” Ten thousand yuan and a fine of 12,733.2 million yuan�. Administrative penalties ordering the cessation of illegal activities. </p
