Taiwan's tainted cooking oil scandal: Border checkpoints are being strictly monitored.
Customs authorities at border crossings are strictly controlling the quality of oil shipments originating from Taiwan, following reports of contaminated Taiwanese oil being smuggled into Vietnam.
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| Shipments of cooking oil originating from Taiwan are undergoing strict quality checks by Vietnamese customs before being cleared. |
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Information about contaminated cooking oil from Taiwan being "imported" into Vietnam has caused a stir recently. Previously, according to a report in the South China Morning Post, Taiwanese police recently discovered 243 tons of cooking oil recycled from waste and contaminated materials, produced by an unlicensed factory in Pingtung and sold to the Chang Guann Group. This group processed it into 780 tons of cooking oil and sold it to hundreds of food businesses, including leading Taiwanese brands.
Twelve countries and territories have imported products made from this contaminated cooking oil, including Vietnam. Immediately after receiving a warning from Taiwanese health authorities, on September 15th, the Vietnam Food Safety Authority issued a warning and requested the recall of several products processed from this contaminated oil. Two businesses operating in Vietnam suspected of importing contaminated cooking oil from Taiwan have both denied the allegations.
At a government press conference, Deputy Minister of Finance Tran Van Hieu stated that immediately after receiving information about contaminated oil from Taiwan appearing in Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance instructed the General Department of Customs and the Customs Sub-departments at border gates to thoroughly understand the information and conduct a thorough review and inspection of the quality of all oil shipments originating from Taiwan before allowing their import clearance.
"We are very aware of this issue, so we have instructed the Customs Sub-departments to conduct thorough and strict inspections before allowing customs clearance," said the Deputy Minister of Finance.
According to Infonet
