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The court decision publication of (2017) Jilin 01 MF No. 4616 had confirmed that Hong Kong Suning Commerce Co., Limited (one of the famous e-commerce platforms in Mainland China) needs to bear the compensation responsibility for the case. Not just punished the producer or brand company on the shelf. The involved product, coenzyme Q10, though is not judged to need to obtain the [functional food registration] since it is imported via e-commerce, is judged to need to comply with the article 4 of [regulation of functional foods that contain coenzyme Q10] (CFDA A [2009] No. 556). Therefore, the product on the e-commerce platform violates the food safety law and standards. Hong Kong Suning Commerce Co., Limited also was required to give redouble compensation to the consumers.
The case study shows that the cross-border e-commerce platforms will be serious on assessing the products on their platforms, especially for those connected to functional/health related products. The cross-border e-commerce platforms will ask the producers to confirm the labels/ingredients complying with the regulations.