Counterfeit Shanghai Songjiang Group Rubber Expansion Joint Products Discovered in a Project in Dongguan

The official website of Shanghai Songjiang Vibration Absorber Co., LTD informs you: In July 2020, we received a report regarding counterfeit Shanghai Songjiang Group rubber expansion joint products being used in a project in Dongguan. Upon investigation, we discovered that these products resulted in water leakage. We consider this a serious case of counterfeit and substandard products. Legal actions will be taken to address this issue. Friendly reminder: Consumers should carefully identify genuine products when purchasing Songjiang Group rubber expansion joint products to prevent major accidents and avoid greater losses.

According to the definition by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China, counterfeit products refer to those that falsely use factory names, addresses, trademarks, product names, and product identification to mislead customers into believing that they are genuine products. Substandard products refer to products of poor quality or those that have lost their usability.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine specifies several main situations of counterfeit and substandard products:

1. Counterfeiting or using counterfeit certification marks, brand logos, exemption marks, and other quality marks and license marks.
2. Falsifying or using false origins.
3. Counterfeiting or using other people’s factory names and addresses.
4. Counterfeiting other people’s registered trademarks.
5. Mixing, adulterating, passing off inferior products as good ones.
6. Products that have expired or deteriorated.
7. Products that pose unreasonable dangers to human health, life, and property safety.
8. Indicators indicated do not match the actual ones.
9. Production or sale prohibited by relevant national laws and regulations.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine also stipulates that the following products, if not corrected after being pointed out, are considered to be selling counterfeit goods:

1. Products without inspection certificates or permits from relevant units.
2. Domestic products without Chinese product names, producers, and places of origin (important industrial products without factory addresses).
3. Products with limited use but without marked expiration dates.
4. Products subject to production (manufacturing) license management but without marked license numbers and validity periods.
5. Failure to indicate specifications, grades, main technical indicators, components, and contents in Chinese as required by relevant regulations.
6. High-end durable consumer goods without Chinese instructions.
7. Products that belong to processed goods (including substandard or exterior products) but are not marked with the words “processed goods” on the prominent parts of the goods or packaging.
8. Dangerous goods such as highly toxic, flammable, or explosive goods without relevant signs and instructions.

How to deal with suspected counterfeit products? The industry and commerce department will order correction, confiscate products, and impose fines based on normal legal procedures for the dual systems. According to the provisions of China’s Criminal Law, serious production of counterfeit and substandard products constitutes a crime. Serious circumstances refer to sales amounts reaching 50,000 yuan or goods valued at 150,000 yuan.

Article 50 of the Product Quality Law stipulates that mixing, adulterating, passing off inferior products as good ones, or passing off unqualified products as qualified ones shall be ordered to stop production and sales, confiscate illegally produced and sold products, and impose fines of fifty percent to three times the value of the goods sold. If illegal gains are obtained, they shall be confiscated. For serious cases, business licenses shall be revoked, and if it constitutes a crime, criminal responsibility shall be pursued according to law.

Below are the counterfeit and substandard products discovered this time:

Below are the genuine products of Shanghai Songjiang Group.