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Hebei acts to root out fake Peking Roast Duck
By Zhang Xuanchen |
June 22, 2011, Wednesday
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AUTHORITIES of Boye County in north China's Hebei Province have vowed to crack down on local producers of counterfeit "Qunjude" Peking Roast Duck, which were reportedly made of sick chicken and ducks and packed in vacuum sealed bags.
A local government spokesperson said yesterday that any individual or company involved in the illegal duck sales will be severely punished after the investigation is over, Beijing Times reported today.
An investigative report revealed that small workshops in the county churned out ducks that failed the quality test and labeled them "Quanjude" ducks after a famous Beijing brand.
A dealer surnamed Kong said he bought these ducks at 3.3 yuan (50 US cents) each and sold them to another dealer Zhang Yuefeng for 4.7 yuan each. Zhang then sold them to supermarkets and vendors around Beijing at about 6 yuan each.
The ducks ended up with a price tag of more than 15 yuan on shelves and their packaging was similar to that of "Quanjude," cheating many consumers, especially travelers.
Kong and Zhang have been detained after a crackdown on fake duck business began last month. Authorities seized 3,800 ducks from Zhang and 700 from Kong. Eighteen dubious workshops in Boye County were suspended.
Huang Yinsheng, a local food safety supervisor, said the counterfeit business began in 2005 and many locals had benefited from it. Kong, for example, used his illegal income to buy at least three properties in different cities.
A local government spokesperson said yesterday that any individual or company involved in the illegal duck sales will be severely punished after the investigation is over, Beijing Times reported today.
An investigative report revealed that small workshops in the county churned out ducks that failed the quality test and labeled them "Quanjude" ducks after a famous Beijing brand.
A dealer surnamed Kong said he bought these ducks at 3.3 yuan (50 US cents) each and sold them to another dealer Zhang Yuefeng for 4.7 yuan each. Zhang then sold them to supermarkets and vendors around Beijing at about 6 yuan each.
The ducks ended up with a price tag of more than 15 yuan on shelves and their packaging was similar to that of "Quanjude," cheating many consumers, especially travelers.
Kong and Zhang have been detained after a crackdown on fake duck business began last month. Authorities seized 3,800 ducks from Zhang and 700 from Kong. Eighteen dubious workshops in Boye County were suspended.
Huang Yinsheng, a local food safety supervisor, said the counterfeit business began in 2005 and many locals had benefited from it. Kong, for example, used his illegal income to buy at least three properties in different cities.
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