Uni-President used Vietnamese tallow統一企業使用越南脂

By Queena Yen ,The China Post
October 25, 2014, 12:01 am TWN

Originally, Uni-President group was buying tallow from President Nisshin Corp. (統清), the oil manufacturer under Uni-President group. However, as production broke down this June, President Nisshin could not provide enough tallow products and asked Mitsubishi Corporation (三菱商事) to order it, eventually ending up with Ting Hsin's tallow products.
Uni-President group reported that it bought a total of 5.57 tons of refined tallow products from Ting Hsin Oil & Fat Industrial Co. (頂新製油實業), which allegedly contain non-edible oil from Vietnam, on June 10 this year and used the oil to produce their beef-flavored sauce in their instant noodles, according to the FDA.Uni-President group reported to Tainan City's Department of Health that 19 beef-flavored instant noodle products, including the brands Lai Yi Ke (來一客), Man Han　Da Tsan (滿漢大餐) and spicy oden packs sold in 7-Eleven convenience stores, contain Vietnamese tallow products that have not been certified safe for human consumption. 　

TAIPEI, Taiwan -- Nineteen instant noodle products from Uni-President Enterprises Corporation (統一企業) were pulled from shelves yesterday for containing tallow from Vietnam, following the Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) issuance of a preventive recall on Oct. 22; Vietnam officials have not yet proven that these oil products are edible.

Chiang Yu-mei (姜郁美), acting director-general of the FDA, stressed that this batch of tallow products was the only one used in Uni-President group's food products and the FDA has already demanded that the company pull all affected products from shelves because it is still unclear whether the products are edible.

Along with Uni-President group's instant noodle products, the FDA also revealed 23 items from 14 other food manufacturers made from Ting Hsin's tallow products. These products have to be recalled before 12:00 a.m. today.

Responses from Uni-President Group

Compensation will be paid as soon as authorities confirm that the Vietnamese tallow products are not safe for human consumption, according to a statement released by Uni-President group.

The company also stated that it had already stopped selling questionable products and will cooperate with health departments to clarify matters.

The statement also said that customers can ask for refunds from 7-Eleven stores using their receipts if they bought questionable products, including instant noodles and oden packs. Since receipts do not mark the flavor of oden pack, all receipts for oden packs are refundable.

Uni-President group also stressed that the time and steps for the refund will soon be announced to customers.

統一企業使用越南脂

由Queena日元，在中國郵政
2014年10月25日，上午12:01 TWN

台北，台灣 - 從統一企業股份有限公司（統一企業）十九方便麵產品進行了下架昨日拉出含脂越南，繼美國食品和藥物管理局（FDA）發布10月22日預防性召回; 越南官員還沒有證實這些成品油食用。

統一集團報導，台南市衛生局有19牛肉味方便麵產品，包括品牌賴易科（來一客），男韓達贊（滿漢大餐）和麻辣關東煮包在售7 Eleven便利店，包含尚未通過認證安全食用越南脂產品。　

統一集團報告說，共有來自頂新油脂實業有限公司5.57噸精煉牛油購買的產品（頂新制油實業），據稱包含非食用油來自越南，6月10日，今年並用石油生產的牛肉味醬在方便麵，根據FDA。

本來，統一集團在買牛油從統清股份有限公司（統清），在統一集團的石油生產商。但是，由於生產，今年六月拋錨，日新總統不能提供足夠的油脂產品，並要求三菱商事株式會社（三菱商事）來訂購吧，最終結束了與頂新的脂產品。

蔣玉梅（姜鬱美），代理總幹事使用本品時強調，這批牛脂產品是統一企業集團的食品產品中使用的唯一一個和美國食品藥品管理局已經要求該公司拉從所有受影響的產品貨架上，因為目前還不清楚該產品是否可食用。

隨著統一集團的方便麵產品，美國FDA還透露23個項目從頂新集團的油脂產品取得14等食品生產企業。這些產品必須上午12點之前，今天的回憶。

從統一集團回應

補償將盡快當局證實，越南脂產品不適合人類食用支付，根據統一集團發表了一份聲明。

該公司還表示，它已經停止出售有問題的產品，將與衛生部門合作，以澄清事實。