Wednesday, November 5, 2014

FOOD SCANDAL: Dioxin tests delay draws criticisms

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/11/05/2003603731

WAR LEGACY?A Vietnam-based businessman told officials that animal feed oils imported from Vietnam might have been tainted by traces of the herbicide

The cooking oil scandal involving several of Ting Hsin International Group’s (頂新國際集團) subsidiaries could intensify as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) awaits results of tests on the firms’ oil products for dioxin, amid criticism that the agency dragged its feet on the testing.
The Changhua District Prosecutors’ Office collected samples of cooking oils at Ting Hsin Oil and Fat Industrial Co’s (頂新製油) Pingtung factory on Oct. 10 and Oct. 23.
The second set of samples was reportedly prompted by an anonymous tip-off from a Vietnam-based Taiwanese businessman that the animal feed oils Ting Hsin Oil had imported from oil manufacturer Dai Hanh Phuc Co (大幸福公司) in that country were contaminated with ingredients of “Agent Orange.” 
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