Strong Crown inferior lard scandal affects major food companies, endorser A-Ji-Shi kneels and apologizes

The scandal over Strong Crown (Chiang Kuan) inferior lard keeps snowballing. After Quan Tong lard was found to use swill oil as a raw material, the feed oil that Strong Crown imported from the Hong Kong trading company GLOBALWAY CORP. LTD. has also been confirmed to have been used in the manufacture of 24 other Strong Crown lard products. The affected major food companies extend across 71 businesses including Want Want (Ilan Foods), Vedan, Wu Mu Ramen (Xing Lin), and Hao Di Yi (Bull Head brand), and it has also dragged down chef A-Ji, who knelt to apologize to consumers over endorsing the problem products.

The Food and Drug Administration announced this evening that the list of end food products made using Strong Crown's 24 problem lard items totals 48 items, of which Lu Shi Foods in Pingtung has 24 items, Vedan has 9 items, Xing Lin Foods has 5 items, and Ilan Foods has 4 items, with others including Fang Fu, Xin Wei Bao, Cai Fa, and Yi De Foods. The main products are instant noodle oil packets, sauce packets, and egg roll snacks.

In addition, among the other 24 lard products produced by Strong Crown, 12 were for domestic sale (table numbers 1-12), 12 were sold to 6 companies in Hong Kong, China, and 1 was sold to 1 company in Macao, China; the official contact points in Hong Kong, China and Macao, China have now been notified.

In addition to the list announced by the Food and Drug Administration of the Ministry of Health and Welfare, inspections by the New Taipei City Health Bureau also found that a total of 10 manufacturers had purchased lard products from Strong Crown for processing, namely Feng Shi, Magic, and Qiaomai Wu in Shulin District; Xin Cai Hang and Qiao Shen Grain Store in Zhonghe District; Liang Min Grain Store in Xindian District; Lin Zhen Chang, Li Ji, and Fang Fu in Xinzhuang District; and Xin Wei Bao in Wugu District.