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(2009/05/19 17:52) Life Center / Comprehensive Report
The nutritious lunches served to students turned out to be rice meant for pig feed! Changhua prosecutors uncovered unscrupulous businesses colluding with officials from the Agricultural and Food Agency to sell low-quality rice to schools for student meals. The implicated grain merchants protested, claiming the rice came from the Agricultural and Food Agency and couldn’t possibly be problematic. Meanwhile, elementary schools in northern Taiwan that may have purchased the substandard rice are on high alert, insisting their rice is absolutely fresh.
Workers carried bag after bag of white rice, all destined to become part of elementary school lunches. However, Changhua prosecutors found that this grain supplier was allegedly involved in a scheme with Agricultural and Food Agency officials to sell expired rice. The supplier insisted the rice they distributed was fresh and guaranteed to be safe, but prosecutors’ investigations revealed that the substandard rice may have already made its way to an elementary school in northern Taiwan.
Deputy Director of the Agricultural and Food Agency, Yu Sheng-feng, stated that preliminary assessments showed both the quality and quantity complied with regulations, with no issues detected. He added that current inspections found no evidence of expired rice reaching schools. However, the agency could not confirm whether there was collusion between officials and businesses. The low-quality rice is prone to contamination by aflatoxin, and if consumed, it could lead to liver and kidney diseases—consequences too severe to ignore. Without a thorough investigation, how can students eat with peace of mind?
Source: http://www. nownews. com/ 2009/ 05/ 19/ 327- 2453177. htm
School Lunch Scandal: Officials and Businesses Collude to Serve Animal Feed Rice
The nutritious lunches served to students turned out to be rice meant for pig feed! Changhua prosecutors uncovered unscrupulous businesses colluding with officials from the Agricultural and Food Agency to sell low-quality rice to schools for student meals. The implicated grain merchants protested, claiming the rice came from the Agricultural and Food Agency and couldn’t possibly be problematic. Meanwhile, elementary schools in northern Taiwan that may have purchased the substandard rice are on high alert, insisting their rice is absolutely fresh.
Workers carried bag after bag of white rice, all destined to become part of elementary school lunches. However, Changhua prosecutors found that this grain supplier was allegedly involved in a scheme with Agricultural and Food Agency officials to sell expired rice. The supplier insisted the rice they distributed was fresh and guaranteed to be safe, but prosecutors’ investigations revealed that the substandard rice may have already made its way to an elementary school in northern Taiwan.
Deputy Director of the Agricultural and Food Agency, Yu Sheng-feng, stated that preliminary assessments showed both the quality and quantity complied with regulations, with no issues detected. He added that current inspections found no evidence of expired rice reaching schools. However, the agency could not confirm whether there was collusion between officials and businesses. The low-quality rice is prone to contamination by aflatoxin, and if consumed, it could lead to liver and kidney diseases—consequences too severe to ignore. Without a thorough investigation, how can students eat with peace of mind?
Source: http://www. nownews. com/ 2009/ 05/ 19/ 327- 2453177. htm
2009/05/20 14:18