When they go to the farmers' market to buy aquatic products, many consumers have such an unpleasant experience: the fish and shrimp that are not cheap have to be weighed in thick bags, so that a bag has to cost a lot of money.
Netizens reported that the Xiaoshan Star Farmers' Market uses ultra-thick aquatic plastic bags
Mr. Qu from Xiaoshan said that when he went to the Star Farmers' Market in Xiaoshan District to buy aquatic products, he found that the plastic bags used by the stall owners were very thick, which were significantly heavier than the plastic bags of aquatic products in other farmers' markets.
Recently, the reporter came to the star farmers' market located on the second road of the construction of Beigan Street, Xiaoshan District, because of the renovation of the whole market, it has now become a farmers' market, and a greenhouse is set up at the entrance of the original market, which is not big, there are two roads, and there are many categories of vegetables and fruits, meat, non-staple foods, aquatic products and other categories on the stalls on both sides.
There are a total of four aquatic product stalls, mainly fish and shrimp, including river shrimp, giant river shrimp, skin shrimp, sea bass, etc.
River shrimp 85 yuan / 500 grams, the reporter bought about 118 grams, paid 20 yuan, when weighing, asked to peel and weigh, but the merchant refused on the grounds that the river shrimp will jump alive.
After scooping up and draining the river shrimp in a small basket, the merchant put it into a white plastic bag to weigh it, and then added oxygen to the bag. The reporter asked the merchant whether the bag would be a little thick, and the merchant said that the bag was not thick and could be punctured and would be erased.
Go home and pour out the river shrimp, the reporter simply drained the bag, weighed the weight, the electronic scale showed 28.2 grams, according to the price of 85 yuan / 500 grams of river shrimp, the reporter bought 20 yuan of river shrimp, this bag, spent 4.5 yuan.
Residents said that they would not care if they bought less Market: Aquatic plastic bags are purchased by merchants themselves
The reporter interviewed two aunts who bought aquatic products in the same market, Aunt Zhang said that the plastic bags of aquatic products in this farmers' market are indeed thicker than other places, "it can be seen, however, they don't buy much, sometimes they are too lazy to care, and they will ask to peel and weigh when they buy more, and the general old customers will agree." There are also large supermarkets nearby, but this market is close. ”
Aunt He is an old customer of this market, according to her, the aquatic bags used now are much better than before, thicker before, I heard that some people have reflected, they often come to buy and are embarrassed to say, bought 35 yuan of river shrimp, this time the merchant took the initiative to peel the weigh.
The reporter found the market management, Manager Lu told reporters that after the Spring Festival in 2024, the market began to decorate and renovate, so a greenhouse was built at the door for external placement, in response to the problem of aquatic plastic bags reflected by the public, Manager Lu said that he had not received a similar response, now because of the decoration, many equipment is not perfect, at present, the aquatic plastic bags are purchased by the merchants themselves, and when the decoration is completed, it will be purchased in a unified manner.
Xiaoshan District Market Supervision Bureau: When weighing, thick plastic bags should be tare and weighed or directly weighed aquatic products
The reporter fed back this problem to the Xiaoshan District Market Supervision Bureau, and the staff of the Market Supervision Bureau replied to the reporter, "The law enforcement officers have ordered the business to correct, requiring the business to weigh the thick plastic bag and the aquatic product at the same time when weighing the aquatic products, but should be tare weighed, or directly weigh the aquatic products." ”
It is understood that the law enforcement officers also interviewed the market management party on the spot, urging it to implement management responsibilities and report any violations in a timely manner.