A company in Kaohsiung was found selling expired frozen seafood and relabeling some of the expired products, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said yesterday.
The Kaohsiung Department of Health said that earlier this month, it received public complaints that the company had been selling expired frozen seafood products that it had relabeled.
On Sept. 13, department inspectors, accompanied by police and prosecutors, raided the company’s sales office in the city’s Renwu District (仁武) and frozen storage facility in Zuoying District (左營).
They found a number of frozen seafood products that were expired, unlabeled or labeled with false expiration dates.
One product, Tilapia Belly Kabayaki, that was being packaged was found labeled with a manufacturing date of Sept. 15 and an expiration date one year after the production date.
A total of 20,477kg of 14 types of seafood products were seized.
Shipping orders found in a company computer suggested that the products were sold to 41 restaurants or distributors in New Taipei City, Taoyuan, Taichung and Tainan, as well as Chiayi, Yunlin, Pingtung and Hualien counties, the department said.
The FDA said the company could face fines of between NT$60,000 and NT$200 million (US$1,915 and US$6.4 million), as well as be ordered to shut down or lose its food company registration if the case is considered to be serious.
The company could also face an additional NT$40,000 to NT$4 million fine for false labeling, the agency added.
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