Bakery linked to expired items
By Hu Min |
June 20, 2013, Thursday
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A BREAD Talk bakery in Kunming, Yunnan Province, may have used expired ingredients in its food and is being investigated, CCTV reported yesterday.
The Wuhua District Food and Drug Administration in Kunming confiscated 62 packets of expired flour and three boxes of imported food items that didn't have Chinese labeling at a warehouse used by the Xinan outlet of Bread Talk after receiving tips from residents, the report said.
"The confiscated items had expired at different times," Deng Ying, director of the food safety division of the administration, told the broadcaster. "Some items had expired as early as mid January."
Officials were cited as saying they were investigating the case, adding those found violating regulations would be fined up to 50,000 yuan (US$8,064) if the total value of products was worth less than 10,000 yuan, and five to 10 times the value of the products if they exceeded 10,000 yuan.
A man in charge of the bakery's operation denied the expired ingredients had been used in baking.
"These materials should have been placed in an area where expired stuff is stored and then taken away, but they were not put in the proper place due to a mistake," the man said.
Bread Talk's mainland headquarters in Shanghai said it was investigating the incident.
Luo Yonghua, brand director of Bread Talk Group China, told CCTV they asked the Kunming bakery to compile a report explaining what happened.
Luo added food sold at other Bread Talk outlets is safe.
The Wuhua District Food and Drug Administration in Kunming confiscated 62 packets of expired flour and three boxes of imported food items that didn't have Chinese labeling at a warehouse used by the Xinan outlet of Bread Talk after receiving tips from residents, the report said.
"The confiscated items had expired at different times," Deng Ying, director of the food safety division of the administration, told the broadcaster. "Some items had expired as early as mid January."
Officials were cited as saying they were investigating the case, adding those found violating regulations would be fined up to 50,000 yuan (US$8,064) if the total value of products was worth less than 10,000 yuan, and five to 10 times the value of the products if they exceeded 10,000 yuan.
A man in charge of the bakery's operation denied the expired ingredients had been used in baking.
"These materials should have been placed in an area where expired stuff is stored and then taken away, but they were not put in the proper place due to a mistake," the man said.
Bread Talk's mainland headquarters in Shanghai said it was investigating the incident.
Luo Yonghua, brand director of Bread Talk Group China, told CCTV they asked the Kunming bakery to compile a report explaining what happened.
Luo added food sold at other Bread Talk outlets is safe.
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