# 2026 March 15 Exposure Cases

The 2026 March 15 Gala focused on "Worry-Free Consumption, Quality Living" and exposed consumer abuses across multiple sectors, involving food safety, financial security, advertising fraud, and public safety. Below is a summary of typical cases:

1️⃣. **Food Safety Issues**

1. Drug-treated shrimp: Multiple seafood enterprises in Zhanjiang and Lianyungang (such as Shangfangzhou and Yuquduo) excessively added compound phosphates (exceeding standards by 6 times), with ice coverage reaching 70%. Severe shrinkage occurs after thawing, and long-term consumption may damage kidneys.

2. Bleached chicken feet: Enterprises in Sichuan-Chongqing region (Shufuxiang, Zengqiao Foods) illegally used hydrogen peroxide to bleach chicken feet, with dirty processing environments where workers admitted they "dare not eat" them. Enforcement departments seized 5,242 barrels of illegal additives.

3. Pre-prepared dish chaos: Some enterprises use expired ingredients and illegal preservatives, with school cafeterias falsely marketing pre-prepared dishes as "freshly cooked and sold" at inflated prices.

4. Freeze-dried strawberries with heavy metal excess: Freeze-dried strawberries from Yunnan have cadmium content exceeding standards by 14 times, containing 20+ pesticide residues, with high sales around campus areas.

2️⃣. **Financial and Information Security**

1. AI deepfake fraud: Criminals use AI to synthesize faces and voices of relatives and friends, deceiving people into transfers through video calls.

2. E-signature high-interest loans: Platforms like Jiedaibao and Renrenxin charge annualized rates up to 6,000%, allegedly involved in "predatory lending."

3. Professional store closures and runners: Criminal groups take over poorly-run fitness centers and educational institutions in prepaid card consumption areas, pocket money, then quickly deregister and flee.

3️⃣. **Advertising and Market Fraud**

1. "Shake and jump" ads: Apps like "Here Comes the Bus" force ad redirects, infringing on consumers' right to choose.

2. AI digital celebrity false endorsements: Synthesized celebrity images promote health products with fabricated efficacy misleading elderly consumers.

3. Fake pet pedigrees: Guangzhou Panyu "Pet Manor" disguises mixed-breed dogs as purebred West Highland White Terriers, violently sets ears, then sells at high prices.

4️⃣. **Public Safety and Product Quality**

1. Non-standard electrical wires and cables: Enterprises like Jinmingyang produce substandard cables with insufficient flame retardance, prone to causing fires.

2. New energy vehicle range misrepresentation: Some automakers covertly limit battery performance through OTA updates, exaggerating driving range claims.

3. Defective fire extinguishers: Fire extinguishers circulating in hardware markets have forged qualifications with safety hazards.

5️⃣. **Regional Gala Supplementary Cases**

1. Guangdong Meiyijia selling counterfeit cigarettes: 1.3999 million illegal cigarettes seized province-wide, involving over 300 stores.

2. Tianjin used car inspection fraud: Third-party agency "Dr. Checkup" issued false S-level reports, concealing accident vehicle conditions.

Data source: Yuanbao