Asnationaleconomydevelopsforthebetter,fakecommoditiesprevailinmanyplacesofourcountry.Someprofiteers,regardlessofpeople’sinterests,can’twaittomakeafortune,sothattheyjusttakerisksmakingandsellingfakegoods.Ontheotherhand,thepunishmentisnotsevereenoughtostoptheviolators.Today’smarket,therefore,isswarmingwithfakecommoditiessuchasfood-stuff,clothingandmedicine.

　　Fakecommoditiesareextremelyharmfultoconsumersaswellastothewholesociety.Take,forexample,the1998fatalalcoholpoisoningcaseinShanxiProvinceofNorthernChina.Byaddingmethanoltowater,apeasantproduced“alcohol”,dreamingofbecomingrichovernight.Theincident,with27peoplekilledandaround700poisoned,causedgreatsufferingstothevictimsandshockedthewholecountryaswell.Acarry-overoffearleftthousandsofothersinconfusionandpanic:theynolongerhadasenseofsafety.Howterribleacaseitwas!It’sreallyhightimewetookmeasurestocrackdownontheproductionandsaleoffakecommodities.