“问题豆芽”案的刑事法治报告

The Criminal Rule of Law Report on Cases of “Toxic Bean Sprouts”

近一年多来,全国审理判决的"问题豆芽"案件近千件,被判刑人数愈千人,大多数案件是以生产、销售有毒、有害食品罪定罪处罚的。然而,有些行业人士和法律专家认为,无根剂(主要成分为6-苄基腺嘌呤、4-氯苯氧乙酸钠和赤霉素等植物激素)不属于有毒、有害的非食品原料,生产、销售使用无根剂的豆芽的行为,不构成生产、销售有毒、有害食品罪,应一律认定无罪,并主张为这些案件翻案。但6-苄基腺嘌呤和4-氯苯氧乙酸钠是低毒农药,是豆芽生产过程中禁止使用的农药,是有毒有害物质,而生产、销售有毒、有害食品罪是行为犯和行政犯(法定犯),因此,无论将豆芽制发过程理解为种植过程或食品加工过程,在豆芽制发过程中添加"无根剂"的行为,都构成生产、销售有毒、有害食品罪。

For over one year, about one thousand cases of ＂toxic bean sprouts＂ have been charged and one thousand suspects have been convicted and punished for crimes of production and sale of toxic and hazardous food. However, several professional experts and legal experts hold that the rootless hormone pesti- cide （ with main constructions of plant hormones as 6 - benzylamino - purine, sodium 4 - chlorophenoxyace- tare and gibberellin） are no toxic or hazardous nonfood compounds therefore production and sale of bean sprouts with rootless hormone pesticide should not be convicted as crime and those have been convicted should be revoked. However, since 6 - benzylamino - purine, sodium 4 - chlorophenoxyacetate are both less toxic pesticides which are forbidden in production of bean sprouts, thus they are toxic and hazardous materials. Moreover, production and sale of toxic and hazardous food are crimes by conducts and adminis- trative crimes （ statutory crimes） , thus the production of bean sprouts is deemed as either plantation or food processing, the addition of the rootless hormone pestieide should be eonvieted as the crime for production and sale of toxic and hazardous food.