Gap (Shanghai) Commercial Co., Ltd., a subsidiary of the well-known apparel brand GAP, was fined more than 111,000 yuan a few days ago for selling substandard products in China. The Jing’an District Market Supervision and Administration Bureau of Shanghai stated on May 21 that the punishment was due to a men’s shirt and a baby jeans sold by the company that were found to be substandard products. In January this year, Gap was also punished by the bureau for the same reason.
According to the administrative penalty decision made by the Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau on April 30, the GAP brand of men’s shirts and infant jeans sold by Gap Company were tested by Guangzhou Inspection, Testing and Certification Group Co., Ltd. and determined to be unqualified products.
The Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau said Gap’s actions violated Article 39 of the Product Quality Law of the People’s Republic of China, which stipulates that a seller shall not pass a fake product off as a genuine one, a shoddy one, or a substandard one as a qualified one. After investigation, the illegal income of the Gap Company from the sale of the two related commodities was RMB 45,035.98 yuan, and the value of the goods was RMB 132,344.59 yuan.
The Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau then decided to fine Gap Company RMB 66,172.3 and confiscate the illegal gains of RMB 45,035.98. At the same time, Gap was ordered to immediately stop selling men’s shirts and infant jeans involved in the case, and confiscate 193 men’s shirts (model number: 547710) illegally sold.
It is not the first time that Gap has been punished for selling substandard products. Just in January of this year, the Jing’an District Market Supervision Bureau fined it more than 78,600 yuan and confiscated more than 52,800 yuan of illegal gains because a GAP girl denim skirt sold by Gap Company was unqualified.
Source: Southern Metropolis Daily