Taipei Travel

Department of Health (DOH) has ordered the removal of a packaged tomato soup (牡丹峰完熟番茄鍋湯底) from shelves across the city’s Carrefour supermarkets in a sweeping effort to inspect food products imported from five Japanese prefectures which could pose safety risks to consumers.

The instant tomato broth was found to be from Fukushima--one of the severely affected areas in Japan’s nuclear crisis—but was declared to be produced in Shimane Prefecture when imported into Taiwan on September 26, 2016.

Following examination of relevant import declaration documents, DOH found that the food product was manufactured by a company based in Fukushima under the name of “モうソポソ株式會社K.”

Despite claiming that the Japanese producer should be held accountable for the false inspection registration, Carrefour would face a fine ranging from NT$30,000 to NT$3 million in compliance with Article 30 and 47 of Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation. The recalled 1,111 packages of the soup will be destroyed, according to DOH.

DOH noted that since November 30 the City has carried out inspections of food products from Japan targeting 24 chain stores including DAISO Japan, JPmed, MUJI, and supermarkets in department stores. A total of 245 items--spanning candies, cookies, seasonings, instant noodles, canned food, and aquatic products—have been inspected.
　　
To learn more about inspection results, visit http://consumer.fda.gov.tw/ (Chinese)
Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation:
http://law.moj.gov.tw/Eng/LawClass/LawAll.aspx?PCode=L0040001