EXPIRED SEAFOOD SOLD TO HOTELS AND RESTAURANTS|進口商賣過期海鮮 流入部分五星飯店

Food critic and comic illustrator Louis Liang appears to be involved in a food fraud. Prosecutors investigated seafood import company, Hsiang Er Sheng suspected of selling fish, including salmon and other seafood, two years after the expiration date to restaurants and hotels by changing the date on labels. Yesterday, Liang, who was once the company's food development consultant, and Chair of the downstream supply and manufacturing company, was interviewed by prosecutors. He was then released on bail of NT$80,000, suspected of forging documents. Taipei City Government Department of Health and inspectors received reports that the Hsiang Er Sheng seafood company sold products which were two years past the expire date or near the expire date including, tins of abalone frozen salmon and ice fish. They did this by changing the dates on the products and sold these to restaurants and hotels throughout Taipei, including the Grand Hyatt. ==WANG MING-LI Taipei City Govt. DOH Food and Drug Div.== Er Sheng Company proactively contacted the Grand Hyatt Taipei, who bought products from it. The amount is as yet unclear. On the original order form it said that this was sample food. The DOH said that on Thursday evening it went with investigators to the company, but the person in charge, surnamed Chen, did not cooperate with investigators and obstructed the investigation. He was not able to clarify the flow of the suspect food products. In the course of the investigation it was found that Louis Liang, a well-known food personality had been responsible for market development at the company and Chair of the downstream supply and manufacturing company. They suspected he was aware of the product date changes. On Nov.11 he denied this. ==LOUIS LIANG food celebrity== I've been in the food and beverage business for nearly 30 years and I have never done anything underhand, never introduced food which isn't delicious, let alone fraudulent. To clarify the case, the Department of Health has asked the company to stop dispatching products, while appealing to stores and consumers, that if they have tins from this company it is best to take them down from the shelves, to avoid eating expired food. The company manager, surnamed Chen, was interviewed overnight by prosecutors and released on bail of NT$100,000 in the morning. TRANSLATED BY：CLARE LEAR 台灣美食家梁幼祥、疑似捲入黑心食品事件！檢調接獲檢舉，水產進口商「祥而盛」公司、涉嫌將過期2年、泛黃發臭的冰魚、鮭魚等海鮮，竄改有效日期，再賣給餐廳和飯店，知名美食家梁幼祥，曾經擔任這家公司的食品開發顧問，和下游廠商董事長，梁幼祥昨天到地檢署接受約談，檢方訊後依涉犯偽造文書罪嫌，以新台幣8萬元交保。 又有黑心海鮮流入市面，而且還流入五星級飯店！台北市衛生局和檢調人員接獲檢舉，發現水產進口商「祥而盛」公司，涉嫌將過期兩年、或即將過期的鮑魚罐頭、冷凍鮭魚、冰魚等海鮮，竄改有效日期後、再販售給大台北地區的餐廳及飯店，其中包括台北君悅酒店。 ==北市食藥處長 王明理== 祥而盛主動找上君悅 出貨一批 那數量是不明 基本上當初在出貨的時候 紀錄單上面就寫著 是提供試菜 衛生局表示，週四晚間與檢調人員前往稽查，但陳姓負責人不配合辦案，甚至阻擾稽查，還無法完全釐清這批黑心水產的流向，但檢調意外發現，知名美食家梁幼祥，曾經擔任「祥而盛」食品的開發顧問，也當過下游廠商的董事長，懷疑梁幼祥對於竄改標籤一事、也知情，不過梁幼祥週五到地檢署說明時，大聲喊冤，否認涉案。 ==美食家 梁幼祥== 我梁幼祥在這個餐飲行業呢 將近快30年 我從來沒有昧著良心 去介紹什麼不好吃的 所以更不可能是黑心的食物 為了釐清案情，衛生局已要求該公司停止出貨，同時呼籲店家及消費者，如果發現還有這家公司出貨的海鮮罐頭，最好先預防性下架，以避免吃到過期食品；而該名陳姓負責人，檢調人員漏夜偵訊後，凌晨以10萬元交保。 記者 綜合報導