Scandals claim Taiwan food firm boss
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THE head of a leading Taiwan food company resigned yesterday after his firm was implicated in a string of food safety scandals that saw hundreds of tons of products being pulled from shelves.
Wei Yin-chun stepped down as chairman of Wei Chuan Foods Corp, the Taiwan unit of food giant Ting Hsin International Group which owns instant noodle brand Master Kong, a statement said.
“Chairman Wei is deeply saddened and blames himself over the food safety incidents. Even though the incidents may have originated from problematic materials from the suppliers, he expresses heartfelt apologies for being unable to effectively manage the origin,” the company statement said.
Wei also resigned from his posts as head of Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial as well as Cheng I Food, which is at the center of a fresh food safety scandal.
The authorities yesterday ordered Cheng I, also a Ting Hsin subsidiary, to recall more than 60 types of lard, cooking oil and margarine over claims that the products were adulterated with oil intended for animal feed.
Wei Chuan was among the companies that removed products from sale in a damaging “gutter oil” scandal last month.
The company also recalled tens of thousands of bottles of cooking oil adulterated with a banning coloring agent in 2013.
The government yesterday ordered a “swift and strict” investigation into the allegations against Cheng I, according to a government statement.
So far, prosecutors have arrested one man in connection with supplying Cheng I with feed oil falsely labelled as lard.
Taiwan’s health chief Chiu Wen-da resigned over the “gutter oil” scandal, while the opposition Democratic Progressive Party called for an apology from island leader Ma Ying-jeou.
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