Nutrition information of a product was labelled: “sodium 9 mg (per 100 g), 1% (% nutrient reference values)”. According to the provisions of GB 28050-2011, the content of sodium in this product was 0.45%, which shall be labelled as "0%".
The District Administration for market regulation decided to confiscate the illegal income of RMB 628 and imposed a fine of RMB 23,000.
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