The adulterated cooking oil incident occurred in 2014, The Consumer Protection Association of Taiwan had filed a law suit against food companies. Kaohsiung District Court made its ruling yesterday, Cheng-I Food Corporation was ordered to pay NT$9 million. The Consumer Protection Association of Taiwan filed an allegation against four cooking oil companies, on behalf of 20,000 students from 96 schools. Approximately 5,000 students from 32 schools in Kaohsiung were suing Cheng-I Food Corporation for a compensation of NT$ 470 million. Kaohsiung District Court made a ruling on June 15th, Cheng-I Food Corporation is ordered to pay NT$ 9,369,000 dollars to 3,123 students. ==SHIH, BO-HUNG, Presiding Judge, Kaohsiung District Court== Consumers who ate the cooking oil had no symptom, neither sought for medical attention, nor had certificates of diagnosis. The Court's ruling was based on the defendants infringed the consumers' rights of bodies and health. The Association asked for NT$90,000 compensation to each plaintiff, but the ruling was NT$3,000 per plaintiff. The Court explained that Cheng-I Food Corporation was bluffed by raw food suppliers but purposely adding toxic ingredients. Cheng-I Food Corporation was only negligent to food safety. ==HSU, PUNG-HAN, Deputy Secretary General, The Consumers Protection Association of Taiwan== We deeply regret about the ruling, this is not what people anticipated. Where are the rights to food safety? After we received court papers, we will explain to consumers. Cheng-I Food Corporation neither could accept the ruling and would appeal. ==CHEN, JUN-SHEN, Attorney at Law, Cheng-I Food Corporation== Cheng-I Food Corp. also was the victim, the Court orders to pay NT$9,369,000, we will review the ruling and appeal. The adulterated cooking oil incident happened in 2014 has seriously damaged public's trust to food safety. The Consumer Protection Association of Taiwan filed a lawsuit against four companies, asking for a total of NT$3.7 billion, the compensation amount and number of plaintiffs were all unprecedented. TRANSLATED BY：ANTHONY LIN 黑心油風暴衝擊全國，去年台灣消保會受理全國96所中小學2萬多名師生，向四家油商提出健康損害求償，其中台中、高雄32間學校5千多名師生，向正義公司求償4億7千多萬，高雄地院15號宣判，正義公司應賠償3123名師生，總計936萬9千元。 ==高雄地院行政庭長 施柏宏== 食用這些油品之後 沒有產生具體的病徵 也沒有去醫院求診治療 也沒有提出診斷證明書 但是法院還是從寬認定了 這部份被告有侵害消費者 身體權以及健康權 台灣消保會提出每人求償9萬元，但實質判決每人3000元，法院解釋已從寬認定，因為正義公司是遭上游廠商訛詐，加入來源不明的油品，並非故意添加有害物，屬於食安過失犯，和大統長基故意摻雜有害物質不同，因此賠償金額出現落差，台灣消保會認為判決不符人民期待。 ==台灣消保會副秘書長 徐邦瀚== 我們深表遺憾 完全不符人民的期望 置老百姓食安保障在哪裡 所以我們收到判決書之後 我們會再公開 對社會大眾說明 至於，正義公司同樣無法接受判決結果，將提出上訴。 ==正義公司委任律師 陳君聖== 被告正義公司也是被害者 對於這一點 審判長希望我們 被告正義公司要負擔 賠償936萬9千元這部份 我們回去詳閱判決書之後 對於有關上訴理由 我們之後再來提出來 2014年連環爆發黑心油事件，重創全台食品安全，台灣消保會依「食品安全衛生管理法」向頂新、強冠、北海和正義等4家公司提告，總計求償37億元，求償金額和團訟人數均創下紀錄。 記者 李淑蘭 許政俊 高雄報導