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Central Union fined NT$165.2 million over tainted oil
By Lin Chih-yi, Tsai Shu-Yuan and Jake Chung / Staff reporters, with staff writer and CNA Central Union Oil Corp (中聯) has been fined NT$165.2 million (US$5.14 million) for failing to immediately report that its soybean oil had been contaminated with excessive levels of the carcinogen benzopyrene, Minister of Health and Welfare Shih Chung-liang (石崇良) said yesterday.The company on Tuesday last week notified the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) that internal tests showed that batch No. 315-1150404, manufactured in April, was found to contain excessive levels of benzopyrene and that the product had been distributed to three companies — Taisun Enterprise Co (泰山), Fwusow Industry Co (福壽) and Formosa Oilseed Processing Co (福懋).On the same day, the three firms began removing products that used o
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