1. Parties involved in the legal case: (1) Fushou Industrial Co., Ltd., represented by Hung Yao-Kun (2) Chairman Hung Yao-Kun (3) General Manager Chao Wen-Chiang (4) Assistant Manager Yen I-Hsuan (5) Deputy Manager Huang Chun-Hao
2. Name of court or authority handling the case: Taichung District Prosecutors Office, Taiwan
3. Case number of the legal document: 115th Year, Investigation Case No. 43262
4. Date of incident: August 24, 115 (2026)
5. Background of the incident (including subject of litigation): Regarding certain batches of salad oil produced by Chung Lien Oils & Fats Co., Ltd. between April and June of year 115, which were found to contain benzopyrene levels exceeding regulatory limits, prosecutors have determined that the individuals from Fushou Industrial failed to immediately report the issue to the competent authority, initiate product recalls, and continued to sell food products with excessive benzopyrene levels. This conduct is alleged to violate Article 7, Paragraph 5 of the Food Safety and Sanitation Act (requiring food operators to immediately cease manufacturing, processing, selling, and initiate recalls while reporting to local authorities upon discovering products posing health risks), Article 15, Paragraph 1, Item 3 (prohibiting the manufacture, processing, distribution, or sale of food containing toxic or harmful substances), Articles 47, Item 2, and 49, Paragraphs 1 and 2, as well as Article 339-4, Paragraph 1, Item 2 of the Criminal Code (aggravated fraud by a group of three or more). Additionally, prosecutors have requested the court to impose a heavier sentence on the company’s chairman under Article 57 of the Criminal Code.
As the involved personnel violated Articles 49, Paragraphs 1 and 2 of the Food Safety and Sanitation Act in the course of their duties, prosecutors are seeking a fine of up to ten times the statutory amount under Paragraph 5 of the same article. Furthermore, prosecutors have estimated the company’s illicit gains at NT$201 million and 30 thousand, and have requested confiscation under Article 38-1, Paragraph 1 of the Criminal Code. If confiscation is impossible or impractical, prosecutors seek to recover the equivalent value under Paragraph 3 of the same article.
6. Handling process: Public announcement made in accordance with legal requirements.
7. Impact on company’s financial and operational status, and estimated financial impact: The actual financial impact will be determined upon final court judgment.
8. Response measures and improvements: None
9. Other matters to be disclosed (if the entity involved is a publicly listed company, this material information also qualifies as a significant matter under Article 7, Paragraph 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Securities and Exchange Act, materially affecting shareholder rights or securities prices): None
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- Source: PR Times
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