Recently, some netizens reported that a grain depot of Youyang County Grain Co., Ltd., a heavy grain group, will replace the packaging of expired emergency rice, re code it with a new date, and sell it to some rural schools in the local area. On October 14th, the Chongqing Municipal Administration for Market Regulation announced that the Municipal Party Committee and Government attach great importance to the real name feedback from the public regarding the "sale of rice by Youyang County Grain Co., Ltd." The Municipal Administration for Market Regulation has formed a special investigation team, with 45 people divided into 6 working groups, conducting on-site inspections, extracting information, checking receipts, comparing ledgers, questioning relevant personnel, and inspecting finished products in warehouses to carry out in-depth investigations and disposal. The relevant situation is hereby reported as follows: Chongqing Grain Group Youyang County Grain Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Youyang Grain Company") is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Chongqing Grain Group, mainly engaged in grain purchase and sales, warehousing and storage, and grain processing. At the same time, it also undertakes the storage of some county-level finished grains (rice) in Youyang. The nature of county-level finished grain is commercial grain, and the ownership belongs to the enterprise. The enterprise independently implements dynamic rotation during the shelf life in accordance with the principle of constant storage and freshness, while ensuring quantity and quality. The 350 tons of rice reported by the public are the county-level finished grain products in stock of the company in June 2022. The total amount of rice sold to the outside world involved in this investigation is 116467.5 kilograms, all of which are commodity grains that are dynamically rotated out of stock. After investigation, from May 2022 to April 2024, Youyang Grain Company sold a total of 16221 bags and 116467.5 kilograms of self packaged and commissioned packaged rice, with an original shelf life of 6 months. According to relevant regulations, grain enterprises should label the new production date and shelf life of stored rice after it is palletized or repackaged according to the time of palletizing or repackaging. The newly labeled shelf life should deduct the length of time the rice has been stored. However, during the dynamic rotation process of the company, the "Taoyuan Gongmi" packaging bags were used to empty or commission sub packaging, and the storage time of the rice was not deducted according to regulations when marking the new shelf life, which indirectly extended the shelf life. After checking one by one, the actual remaining shelf life of the rice involved was at least 95 days and at most 176 days, both of which were within their original shelf life when sold to the public. After investigation, Youyang Grain Company sold a total of 1215 bags and 23119.5 kilograms of falsely labeled expiration date rice to some local schools. Schools usually submit their demands to the company based on weekly consumption, and the company directly delivers them to the school, with a maximum delivery cycle of 10 days. The special investigation team compared and verified the purchase records, usage records, and sales data of the schools involved, including the company's self packaging and commissioned packaging. All 23119.5 kilograms of rice were consumed within the original shelf life. The rice from Youyang Grain Company used by relevant schools is within its original shelf life. After investigation, Youyang Grain Company violated Article 34, Item 10 of the Food Safety Law of the People's Republic of China, constituting an illegal act of producing and operating food with false expiration dates. The Municipal Administration for Market Regulation has made a decision to confiscate illegal gains of RMB 62736025 and impose a fine of RMB 690096275 on the company in accordance with the law. The original executive director and general manager, Mr. Duan, deputy general manager, Mr. Ran, and sales supervisor of the production and operation department, Mr. Chen, have been fined RMB 215700, RMB 175400, and RMB 810900 respectively, and an administrative penalty notice has been issued. Chongqing Grain Group has dismissed Duan and Ran from their positions, downgraded Chen to a regular employee, and transferred him from his original position. Transfer clues related to suspected violations of discipline and law to relevant departments for processing.