Ting Hsin beef tallow downstream products: Lianxia beef bowl and two other items preventively removed from shelves
Text/ Taipei City Department of Health
The Taipei City Government Department of Health received notification this afternoon (October 22) from the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare. On October 11, the FDA had for the fourth time sought assistance from overseas offices to investigate whether the beef tallow imported from Vietnam by Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co., Ltd. was indeed suitable for food use, but as of 10 a.m. on October 22 no reply had yet been received from the overseas offices. It therefore notified the health departments of all counties and cities to urgently remove from sale, as a precautionary measure, the 8 beef tallow products made by Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co., Ltd.. The Taipei City Department of Health has dispatched personnel to investigate, with the following results:
1. Lianxia Food Company: This year the company purchased 272 kilograms of "refined beef tallow (16-kilogram carton pack)" from Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co., Ltd., all of which has been made into 2 products, "Lianxia Beef Bowl" and "Frozen Curry Sauce." The Department of Health has required the manufacturer to immediately notify downstream manufacturers to remove the products from sale and recall them.
2. Wei Chuan Corp.: The company purchased "refined beef tallow (16-kilogram carton pack)" from Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co., Ltd. and made it into 3 products, "Wei Chuan Spicy Meat Sauce (150g)," "Teppanyaki Beef Flavor Fried Noodles (bagged, 93 grams)," and "Explosive Chili Spicy Beef Noodle Soup (bagged, 98 grams)." The Department of Health has required the manufacturer to immediately notify downstream manufacturers to remove the products from sale and recall them.
3. Dunhuang Co., Ltd.: From 2013 to date, it purchased from Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co., Ltd. a total of 80 cartons (1,280 kilograms) of "refined beef tallow (16-kilogram carton pack)," used for industrial purposes, to make a "release agent" product for sale.
The Taipei City Department of Health calls on food businesses: manufacturers that use the 8 problem beef tallow oil products of Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co., Ltd. as raw materials to make food should, before 6 p.m. on October 23, 2014 (ROC year 103), report to their district health department as soon as possible the product name, specifications, batch number and expiry date, and quantity, and voluntarily remove the products from sale before midnight on October 25.
