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Kuwait man detained in Pingtung for leaving Taipei hotel quarantine
04/25/2021 03:57 PM
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Taipei, April 25 (CNA) A Kuwait man was detained in Pingtung Saturday after failing to provide COVID-19 related documents when registering to participate in a triathlon event in Kenting and later sent to a quarantine center in Kaohsiung, Pingtung Public Health Bureau said Sunday.
The bureau said it received a report from the event organizer that a Kuwait man in his 20s failed to submit verification of health or other required documents and staff at the registration site isolated him in a separate room before Pingtung health officials arrived to handle his case.
2021/03/10 19:41 (Facebook photo) (Facebook photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) Retail company Carrefour on Tuesday (March 9) responded to an accusation that one of its branches had been committing food safety violations, saying the company had launched an investigation into the incident. A Facebook user who claimed to be an employee at a Carrefour branch in Taipei took to social media to accuse a supervisor in the cooked food department of demanding unsold roasted chicken and braised dishes be kept in refrigerators overnight, reheated, and sold the next day, in violation of the company’s rules, CNA reported. The whistleblower added that the supervisor demanded sour-smelling cooked foods be washed and made into braised dishes for sale with high amounts of spice and salt.
2021/03/03 15:42 Cadina chips contain excessive acrylamide (Taipei City Department of Health photo) Cadina chips contain excessive acrylamide (Taipei City Department of Health photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) A well-known potato chip brand in Taiwan has removed one of its products from shelves after it was found to contain a carcinogen exceeding allowed levels. The product is Cadina’s tempura-flavor chips (卡迪那全天然洋芋天婦羅口味), produced by Lian Hwa Foods Corporation, a long-standing local business. An amount of 1,202 ppb acrylamide was detected in a sample of the crisps, surpassing the safety limit of 1,000 ppb. The discovery was made during an inspection on acrylamide levels in foods from fast-food chains, breakfast stores, coffee shops, traditional markets, and retailers by Taipei’s Department of Health (DOH). A total of 20 samples were examined, including French fries, potato chips, coffee,
Baby crackers recalled over packaging problem
Staff writer, with CNA
A food company on Tuesday said it is recalling a line of baby rice crackers after local health officials said it illegally used nitrogen in food packaging.
New Taipei City-based Chanyue International Co (展裕國際) said in a statement on its Web site that it on Monday started a nationwide recall of “LeVic Babies Rice Cookie,” after its use of nitrogen in packaging raised health concerns.
Customers who have bought the crackers can return them for a refund or a replacement, it said, adding that it would send samples from the recalled items to a third-party certification body for tests.