Taiwan additive firm bosses sent to jail
Source: Xinhua |
October 29, 2011, Saturday
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A COURT in Taiwan yesterday sentenced the owner of Pin Han Perfumery Co to 13 years in jail on charges of fraud, as the company was found guilty of mixing toxic plasticizers into its products.
In addition to the sentence passed down on Chen Che-hsiung, his wife, Wang Fen, was sentenced to 10 years in jail by the Banciao District Court.
The couple's two sons were found not guilty.
Chen and Wang can appeal against the verdict.
In May, Taiwan's health department found that the company was adding diisononyl phthalate (DINP) - a toxic plasticizer - to the clouding agents used as food additives in beverages, foods and dietary supplements.
Toxic plasticizer
Meanwhile, Yu Shen Chemical Co, also a Taiwan company, was found to be using di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), another toxic plasticizer, in its own clouding agents.
The scandal shocked the whole island, as nearly 1,000 products were involved, severely affecting the island's food and export industries.
Local prosecutors accused Pin Han Perfumery of illegally adding DINP to its clouding agents from August 2005 to May 2011 in an effort to reduce costs. The company sold the contaminated clouding agents to seven local food companies.
Local prosecutors completed their investigation in June and indicted Chen, his wife and their two sons on charges of fraud.
Joann Su, chairman of the island's Consumers' Foundation, yesterday called on food additive producers to be more self-disciplined and for the government to take more measures in supervising the industry.
In addition to the sentence passed down on Chen Che-hsiung, his wife, Wang Fen, was sentenced to 10 years in jail by the Banciao District Court.
The couple's two sons were found not guilty.
Chen and Wang can appeal against the verdict.
In May, Taiwan's health department found that the company was adding diisononyl phthalate (DINP) - a toxic plasticizer - to the clouding agents used as food additives in beverages, foods and dietary supplements.
Toxic plasticizer
Meanwhile, Yu Shen Chemical Co, also a Taiwan company, was found to be using di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP), another toxic plasticizer, in its own clouding agents.
The scandal shocked the whole island, as nearly 1,000 products were involved, severely affecting the island's food and export industries.
Local prosecutors accused Pin Han Perfumery of illegally adding DINP to its clouding agents from August 2005 to May 2011 in an effort to reduce costs. The company sold the contaminated clouding agents to seven local food companies.
Local prosecutors completed their investigation in June and indicted Chen, his wife and their two sons on charges of fraud.
Joann Su, chairman of the island's Consumers' Foundation, yesterday called on food additive producers to be more self-disciplined and for the government to take more measures in supervising the industry.
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