A prominent roasted lamb establishment in Chongqing has encountered significant regulatory sanctions after authorities uncovered deceptive practices involving artificial weight inflation of livestock prior to slaughter. The municipal market supervision administration released an investigative report confirming that ‘Dacaoyuan Whole Roasted Lamb’ restaurant on Nanbin Road had excessively fed lambs with corn, hay, and water to artificially boost their live weight measurements.
The case came to public attention when a consumer who had purchased a premium roasted lamb package through Meituan, China’s leading delivery platform, noticed substantial discrepancies in the final product. According to official documentation, the customer personally selected a lamb weighing 18 kilograms during a morning visit on February 16, marking the animal’s legs and tail for identification. Upon returning that evening to collect her prepared order, she immediately observed the roasted lamb appeared conspicuously undersized. Subsequent verification confirmed the cooked product—excluding head, blood, hooves, skin, and internal organs—weighed merely 3.45 kilograms, representing an 80% reduction from the originally measured live weight.
Market regulatory authorities launched a comprehensive investigation involving consumer interviews, staff testimony analysis, transaction record examination, and video surveillance review. Technical experts from a legal metrology institute were commissioned to verify measurement instrument accuracy. The investigation concluded the restaurant had violated multiple provisions of China’s Consumer Rights Protection Law through deliberate pre-slaughter weight manipulation practices.
The restaurant has been ordered to immediately cease all illegal operations and provide compensation under China’s ‘refund one, compensate three’ policy framework. This requires full reimbursement of the original purchase price plus additional damages equivalent to three times the transaction value. Market supervision officials emphasized their ongoing commitment to investigating similar practices across the food service industry to maintain market integrity and protect consumer rights.