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The two online platforms establishing fake brand-name mooncake sales have been discovered by the Customs.
Customs officers reported on Wednesday the seizure of 49 boxes of the Mid-Autumn Festival Mooncakes having a value of HK$16,000 and subsequently arrested three people whose ages fall between 28 and 51.
The Customs spokesperson, Senior Inspector Chow Lai-Man said the two counterfeit brands have a close resemblance with the original products sold by two famous companies in the city, but there's a way to confirm their originality.
"There is a laser sticker with a QR code printed on it for product authentication. Consumers can use the camera function in their smartphones to scan the QR code, which will then link them to a specific website to verify the authenticity of the product," she said.
"For the suspected counterfeit mooncakes, scanning the QR code will lead to a link to a counterfeit website. The layout of the counterfeit verification result is very different from that of the genuine product.”
She added that the controversial branded mooncakes are lower in price than the original ones. She emphasized that a government laboratory is presently testing the seized products to confirm their chance of containing any harmful substances.
海關檢獲懷疑月餅，三人被捕
海關發現兩個網路平台銷售假冒名牌月餅。
海關人員週三通報，檢獲49盒價值16,000港元的中秋月餅，並逮捕三名年齡介乎28至51歲的人士。
海關發言人周禮文高級督察表示，這兩個冒牌品牌與本港兩家知名公司銷售的正品極為相似，但有辦法確認其真偽。
「有一張雷射貼紙，上面印有二維碼，用於產品認證。消費者可以使用智慧型手機中的相機功能掃描二維碼，然後將他們連結到特定網站以驗證產品的真偽。」她說。
“對於疑似假冒月餅，掃描二維碼會跳到假冒網站的鏈接，假貨驗證結果的佈局與正品有很大差異。”
她補充說，有爭議的品牌月餅的價格比原來的月餅要低。 她強調，政府實驗室目前正在測試被扣押的產品，以確認它們是否含有任何有害物質。
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