The scope of compensation includes compensation for medical expenses, nursing costs, transportation costs, lost wages, disability living aids, and disability compensation. If the operator knows that the goods or services are defective and still provides them to the consumer, resulting in death or serious damage to health, the victim also has the right to demand punitive damages of up to two times the loss suffered.
How to penalize expired products under the Food Law
There are two kinds of penalties for expired food products
(a) The production and operation of expired food products, by the relevant competent authorities in accordance with their respective division of responsibilities, confiscation of the illegal income, illegal production and operation of food products, and tools, equipment, raw materials and other items used in the illegal production and operation of food products. Illegal production and operation of food value of less than ten thousand yuan, and impose a fine of two thousand to fifty thousand yuan. The value of more than 10,000 yuan, and impose a value of more than five times the amount of ten times the following fine. In serious cases, revoke the license.
(2) the sale of expired food, the consumer in addition to demand compensation for damages, but also to the producer or seller can demand payment of compensation of ten times the price.
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Legal basis: the protection of consumer rights and interests law, article 55
The operator to provide goods or services fraudulent, shall be in accordance with the requirements of the consumer to increase the compensation for the losses suffered, increase the amount of compensation for the consumer to purchase the price of the goods or services received, three times the cost of the service; increase the amount of compensation for the amount of less than five hundred yuan, five hundred yuan. If the law provides otherwise, in accordance with its provisions.
If the operator knows that the goods or services are defective and still provides them to the consumer, causing the death of the consumer or other victims or serious damage to their health, the victim shall have the right to demand that the operator compensate for the loss in accordance with the provisions of Article 49, Article 51 and other laws of this Law, as well as the right to demand punitive damages of not more than two times the loss suffered.