Wuhan Market Supervision and Administration Bureau issued the consumption tips for the elderly

With the development of the "silver -haired economy", the proportion of elderly consumer groups has gradually increased. In order to strengthen the protection of the rights and interests of the elderly, improve the awareness of self -protection of the elderly, enhance the ability of the elderly to prevent fraud, protect the safety of the elderly, the Wuhan Market Supervision Administration Bureau Remind the majority of elderly consumers:

1. Scientific cognitive health food

The majority of elderly consumers must establish a scientific and healthy life concept. Health food refers to foods that have health functions or supplement vitamins and minerals, which are not drugs and cannot replace drugs to treat any diseases. When buying, please go to a regular shopping mall, supermarket, pharmacy and other places for business licenses and food business licenses to purchase fixed operation places, and recognize the health food logo (blue hat) on the product outer packaging

And health food approval number. At the same time, the product -related information can be logged in to the website of the State Administration of Market Supervision (http://www.samr.gov.cn/).

2. Prevent false publicity traps

With the gradual improvement of the current health awareness of the elderly, individual illegal merchants attract the attention of elderly consumers with lectures on health experts, free gifts, and family visits. "Actors" counterfeit experts and patients with false propaganda products have various diseases such as cancer, diabetes, and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. Here, we remind the majority of elderly consumers to improve their consciousness. Do not believe in such false advertisements and exaggerated publicity such as the so -called "special effects medicine, magic medicine, high -tech"; do not blindly participate in healthy knowledge lectures for product sales, free Tourism trials and warm care at the door, be wary of the harm of counterfeit and inferior products, and should not be anxious.

Third, be alert to strange telephone sales

Individual businesses use the characteristics of the elderly to discriminate the ability to identify the authenticity of the authenticity of the elderly, so as to accurately explain the personal information of the elderly consumer trust and other methods of personal information such as the name, address, address and other methods of the phone receiver. Psychological, inform the goods to buy all kinds of products to relax the elderly, think that seeing the real thing and paying more at ease, only after arriving in the goods, I found that there is a high payment amount, the goods are not right, and the fake and shoddy will not be connected. The merchant was forced to receive the goods frequently. Here, remind consumers of elderly consumers not to trust strange telephone promotion and strange SMS links. Before buying, consult their children and relatives in time, so as not to trust, disclose, and transfer it. Online software with unknown roads.

Fourth, retain evidence to protect rights in time

If the majority of elderly consumers and relatives discover the use of tourism, conferences, lectures, and health consultations, any way to promote health foods, or have doubts about the quality and safety of the purchased health foods, medical devices, etc. The market supervision department can also call the complaint report: 12315 or 12345.

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