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　　Buy snacks but "give away" bugs? It really makes people feel bad. Recently, three squirrels of "online celebrity Snacks" brand once again lit up the "red light" of food safety. Many consumers have exposed on the Internet that the nuts of three squirrels are moldy, eating insects, rotten labels and other foreign bodies. According to industry insiders, the three squirrels ate foreign bodies, indicating that food safety was not well controlled, and food safety also affected its IPO process. And "OEM" is one of the reasons for frequent food safety.

　　Moldy, bug, rotten label "Three Squirrels" was spit out again.

　　"Eating almonds has actually eaten super disgusting bugs." Ms. Liu, a citizen, reported that there was a melon-seed-sized black bug on the "three squirrels" almonds she recently bought from Tmall. According to the shelf life displayed on the back of the packaging bag, this bag of almonds will not expire for half a year. The customer service of "Three Squirrels" replied to her that almonds did attract insects during the growth process, because the hard shell could not be screened, and there was really no way to ensure that it would not happen again.

　　The Yangzi Evening News reporter learned that similar experiences are not accidental. Weibo, a reporter from Yangzi Evening News, found that the "three squirrels" ate a lot of bugs, cockroaches, moldy and rotten labels. On various complaint platforms, the reporter also saw many complaints about product deterioration and eating foreign objects. Ms. Wu, a citizen of Nanjing, said that she and her boyfriend ate the melon seeds and dried mangoes of the "three squirrels" together last year. After eating, both of them had diarrhea, and their friends also took photos of a complete bug lying on the happy shell in a circle of friends.

　　Ms. Lu is a loyal fan of "Three Squirrels", and she keeps stock all the year round as an office snack. But after eating the worm, she was deeply shocked and disappointed: "I won’t buy it again."

　　The Yangzi Evening News reporter called the official hotline of "Three Squirrels" in response to the recent public complaints. The customer service categorically denied the quality problems of the company’s products and expressed doubts about the authenticity of the reporter’s interview. "We have strict control over food safety and have been tested by many parties." The customer service said that there is no real and accurate evidence to prove that there is a problem with the product quality. After all, the "pistachio" of "Three Squirrels" won the "Excellent Quality Award for Responsible Consumption" in 2018 at the 5th Responsible Consumption Summit Forum held by Consumer Reports Magazine not long ago.

　　Food safety problems occur frequently.

　　The industry said that the OEM model is the main reason.

　　The Yangzi Evening News reporter learned that it is not the first time that "three squirrels" have food safety problems. In August, 2017, china food and drug administration released three batches of unqualified foods. The unqualified items of pistachios of "Three Squirrels" were 1.8 times higher than the national standards. The "Three Squirrels" were also found to have exceeded the standard in sodium, sodium cyclamate, non-food raw materials and illegally added pigments.

　　Since 2017, the "three squirrels" have failed to land in the capital market three times. The industry believes that food safety is one of the stumbling blocks on its listing. China food industry analysts said that the "Three Squirrels" took the OEM mode, and most of the foundries were small enterprises, so the configuration of quality inspection and control was relatively low. In addition, the cost of "three squirrels" to these foundries is relatively low, so that less investment is made in food safety, which directly leads to frequent quality problems of products.

　　Meng Huixin, assistant analyst of the Legal Rights Department of the Research Center of Net Economy-E-Commerce, said in an interview with the reporter of Yangzi Evening News that the "three squirrels" ate worms in dried fruit food, indicating that it was not up to standard in a certain link such as the selection and processing of food raw materials, and its food safety was questionable. At present, most of the products of "Three Squirrels" are produced by foundries. Although this model makes up for the imperfection of its own industrial chain, it also has many disadvantages because of its excessive dependence on foundries. Especially in food safety control, if the supplier control and product ex-factory inspection are not done well, even if the selected foundry fails to meet the standards, the risk of food safety problems will be increased to a certain extent.

　　Lawyer Ma Ce, the co-founder of Zhejiang Kenting Law Firm, said in an interview with Yangzi Evening News reporter that if the "three squirrels" did sell unqualified food such as moldy food and worms to consumers, consumers would have the right to claim compensation for the losses in case of personal injury to consumers. Even if it may not be damaged, consumers can claim compensation of 10 times the purchase price of food from the platform and the brand.

　　Yangzi Evening News/Yangyan reporter Li Chong Xu Jing Intern Guo Meihong