食品领域大规模侵权行为的界定及赔偿标准的确定

On the Definition of Mass Torts in Food Industry and the Determination of Compensation Standard

食品领域大规模侵权行为屡屡发生,危害极大,引起人们的高度关注。大规模侵权指基于一个或多个具有同一性或同质性的行为或事由侵害众多受害人利益的行为。食品领域大规模侵权行为的法律特征可以归结为五个方面:受害人数众多且不确定;案件的发生基于同质性的产品而引发;损害主要表现为人身损害和精神损害;因果关系的不确定性;救济的困难性。食品领域大规模侵权的赔偿标准主要在人身和精神两个方面分别加以确定,个案中允许适用惩罚性赔偿,赔偿的标准可以存在差异。

Mass torts in food industry happened frequently, harmed social interests seriously, and have aroused people＇s attention. Mass torts are acts which infringe the interests of a number of victims by one or more facts and reasons with the same nature or homogeneity natures. Legal characteristics of mass torts in food industry can be summed up in five aspects ：the number of victims is huge and uncertain, the occurrence of mass torts are based on the homogeneous service or products, damage are mainly personal injury and mental injury , the causality is uncertain, and remedy is difficult. Compensation standards should be determined respectively in two aspects： person and spirit. Punitive damages can be applied, and the compensation standards can be different.