Customs officers have arrested a 43-year-old man who deceived customers by selling one type of Chinese proprietary medicine that turned out to be another, and seized 13 boxes of goods valued at $6,200.
After undercover test purchases, officers discovered the salesperson was selling Nanjing Tong Ren Tang On Kung Niu Huang Wan as Beijing Tong Ren Tang Angong Niuhuang Wan, and using a label to cover up the Chinese characters on the packaging which revealed it to be different from the product he claimed it was.
He was arrested for supplying or offering to supply goods with a false trade description, in suspected violation of the newly amended Trade Descriptions Ordinance.
