Tea over-packing Junshan silver needle 160 g tea packaging 9 kg

The thrifty style has passed from the dining table to the liquor market. Popular meals and small bottles have become the hottest products on the market.

In mid-June, a reporter from the Sanxiang Metropolis Daily “Death Consumer Weekly” found through investigation that many fast-moving consumer goods companies have not yet changed their thinking and still adhere to the market strategy of luxury packaging. Such as: some tea is only 160 grams, plus a beautiful box sold to nearly 6,000 yuan; enamel gift boxed health wine price as high as 2,888 yuan; wooden boxed lotus seeds, 40% more expensive than regular bulk microdermabrasion lotus ......

We have selected some typical products for disclosure, and we have also given good reminders to these well-known companies.

"160 grams of tea, but there are more than 9 pounds of packaging." June 19, Changsha reader Yu call Sanxiang Metropolis Daily, "Death Consumer Weekly" said that he bought the tea gift box is really not worthwhile.

Yu said this tea is Junshan silver needle production of "golden jade."

On the afternoon of June 19, the reporter went to Junshan Yinzhenmen Store, located opposite Youyou Road, Ayou Department Store. The shop is filled with teas with a wide range of prices ranging from a few dollars to several thousand dollars.

The reporter found out what Mr. Yu said about the "gold inlaid jade." A box of tea, priced at RMB 5,980, was beautifully wrapped in a box with a wooden box.

In addition to the refined appearance, the packaging inside the box is also unambiguous. The reporter found that 160 grams of tea were contained in two yellow porcelain jars. In addition to tea, there is also a set of Feilong pattern ceramic tea set and a bamboo slip of Yueyang Tower.

On the packing box, the reporter noticed that the net weight of tea was 169 grams and the weight of the whole box was 4.725 kg.
The current status of tea packaging is mostly more than Junshan Yinzhen. Other brands of tea also have excessive packaging.

In Liangren Brand tea counter of Renren Supermarket Dongxiemen, the reporter noticed that Tieguanyin was packaged by Wuhan Tea Co., Ltd. The price was RMB 1,200. Carefully examined, the net weight of tea is only 300 grams, but the whole box weighs about 4 kilograms.

Afterwards, at the RT-Mart supermarket at the intersection of Renmin Road and Wanjiali Road, the reporter discovered a Yiwushan Pu'er Black Gold Brick, which was priced at RMB 1,000, produced by Kunming Tianfu Tea Co., Ltd. The interior is made of golden silk. The whole box weighs about 2 kilograms and the net weight of tea is 900 grams.

Analysis of excessive packaging There is a legal gap "In the definition of excessive packaging, there is no provision for the ratio of actual product to product packaging weight. However, according to the "restricted over-packaging of goods" requirements of food and cosmetics, tea packaging voidage should not More than 45%.” Dong Jinshi, general secretary of the International Food Packaging Association, said that the new national standard mandated that the number of layers for food and cosmetics sales and packaging should not be more than three layers, and the packaging void ratio should not exceed 60%.

“Now in the market, excessive packaging of products such as tea, moon cakes, rice dumplings, and alcohol is still serious. Some companies use luxury packaging to decorate real products and pass on packaging costs to consumers, eventually resulting in waste packaging pollution. The environmental and wasteful consequences of resources.” Dong Jinshi called for the introduction of regulations such as the “Regulations on Over-packaging of Commodities” as soon as possible, so that restrictions on excessive packaging should not only be limited to standards and publicity, but must be implemented in law.

“In these three standards, compared to the proportion of packaging cost to selling price, the gap rate and the number of packaging layers are more operational. As a business, generally speaking, packaging costs will not be revealed, so cost indicators are generally only after entering the legal process. It is operational," said Dong Jinshi.