Fried Chicken Joint Reported for Using Expired Ingredients|過期原料製雞排? 新北衛生局:最重罰2億

Recently, a well-known fried chicken restaurant chain in New Taipei City was reported by residents for using expired ingredients. The city government's Department of Health sent personnel to inspect the restaurant's food factory. They seized 2,900 kilograms of fresh and cured chicken meat that was thought to be expired. The department of health says if these ingredients are in fact expired, the heaviest fine it can levy is NT$ 200 million.


This is a fried chicken joint located in New Taipei City's Banqiao District. It is part of a chain, with additional stores in Taoyuan City and Hsinchu. Recently, the restaurant came under fire for reportedly using expired raw ingredients. Residents were shocked by the news.

It gets deliveries of chicken meat, but whether that meat is expired is the producer's problem. Did the producer supply expired meat? We don't know.

New Taipei City's Department of Health says it received a report from a resident several days ago about the restaurant using expired raw materials. On Jan. 22, it sent personnel to the restaurant's food factory in Tucheng District. They found expired raw materials. They weren't stored in a separate area, and the factory did not have any inspection or acceptance records or purchase certificates. There were other shortcomings as well, such as the lack of a registration certificate. The inspectors seized eight kinds of raw materials, including fresh chicken wings that were thought to be expired, chicken hearts, and cured chicken meat. All in all, 2,943 kilograms were confiscated.
We saw eight types of cured and fresh products, such as chicken hearts, chicken wings and chicken breasts. We sealed up 2,943 kilograms of products.

In response, the restaurant said it used old baskets to store the chicken meat and therefore the indicated dates were incorrect. It added the ingredients were not expired. The Department of Health said it has given the restaurant two weeks to make improvements, and if a follow-up inspection shows deficiencies, it will issue a fine of NT$ 60,000 to NT$ 200 million in accordance with the Act Governing Food Safety and Sanitation. It has also asked the city's Economic Development Department to investigate the factory's lack of a registration certificate.