Taiwan News
Date: 2015-12-04
By: Matthew Strong, Taiwan News, Staff Writer

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) – The Taoyuan City Council decided Friday to bar

Taoyuan City Council calls for Ting Hsin school ban. Central News Agency

products from controversial food group Ting Hsin International from its schools.

The announcement came a week after the company’s former chairman, Wei Ying-chung, was unexpectedly found not guilty in an adulterated oil scandal dating back to last year. Just as the original case, the verdict by the Changhua District Court touched off a nationwide furor.

The Taoyuan City Council passed a resolution Friday calling on the city’s education department to keep a close look on breakfasts and lunches provided at schools and to make sure that none of the suppliers used Ting Hsin products. The company produces some major brands of cooking oil, dairy products and fruit juices.     [FULL  STORY]