The purple-packed Laotan sauerkraut-flavored instant noodles will temporarily fade out of consumers' sight.
The "Tukeng Pickled Cabbage" exposed at the CCTV 3.15 party involved Master Kong and the unified instant noodle brand. Yesterday morning, a reporter from Beijing Youth Daily visited Wumart and Souhang supermarkets and saw that this flavor of instant noodles had disappeared from the shelves. There are also fewer sauerkraut products on the pickle shelf.
The State Administration of Market Supervision also stated yesterday that it has dispatched supervisory teams to Hunan and Henan provinces to urge the market supervision departments of the two provinces to strictly implement their territorial responsibilities and severely investigate and punish relevant food production and operation violations.
Many supermarkets in Beijing remove Laotan sauerkraut noodles
Yesterday morning, the instant noodle shelves in the Taiheyuan store of Wumart hypermarket were already hard to find Laotan sauerkraut-flavored instant noodles. On the vacant shelves, only the labels of Laotan sauerkraut flavor were left in bags and barrels.
On the top of the shelf, a reporter from Beiqing Daily saw boxes of purple instant noodles with the same taste as sauerkraut from Laotan.
In the Luhaiyuan store of Souhang Supermarket, the original shelf where Laotan sauerkraut-flavored instant noodles were placed was also vacant. A staff member of Souhang Supermarket was carefully checking the price tags of pickles. Condiments were also removed.
At the same time, the instant noodle products related to "Laotan Pickled Cabbage" can no longer be found on the Daily Youxian, Duodian, and Hema apps.
It is reported that the 3.15 party exposed the food safety problems of sauerkraut pickled by four brands of Hunan Pangqi Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd., Jinrui Food Co., Ltd., Tantan Qiao, and Yueyang Yayuan Pickles.
Pickled cabbage is made in soil pits and is trampled by farmers with their feet. During the pickling process, there will inevitably be impurities such as cigarette butts and leaves.
On the evening of March 15, Uni-President and Master Kong issued a statement of apology respectively. Master Kong sealed up the "sauerkraut" and said that it would cooperate with the government supervision department in the investigation and testing of related enterprises and products.
As soon as the news came out, major supermarkets and supermarkets removed Master Kong and Uniform Laotan sauerkraut-flavored instant noodles online and offline overnight, and some merchants also removed sauerkraut fish seasoning.
In response to a reporter from the Beijing Youth Daily yesterday, Walmart said that it has paid attention to the sauerkraut issue exposed on CCTV's 3.15 party.
Walmart always pays attention to the safety and health of customers. In a responsible attitude to customers, Walmart has temporarily removed all sauerkraut and products containing sauerkraut, and will conduct a strict review of related products and suppliers again to ensure that customers are provided with safety and peace of mind. s product.
Unity again denies the use of "sauerkraut"
On March 16, Uni-President once again issued a statement on its official website stating that it had nothing to do with "Tukeng sauerkraut". The company's sauerkraut buns used raw materials that were always pickled and used in the sauerkraut bun factory. Uni-President dispatched staff to supervise the whole process and did not use CCTV 3 · "Sauerkraut" reported at the 15th party.
The statement stated that after an overnight investigation of Hunan Jinrui Food Co., Ltd., the unified enterprise sauerkraut package confirmed that all the raw materials for the sauerkraut were from the factory's own pickling and self-use, and did not use the "sauerkraut sauerkraut" reported by CCTV's 3.15 party.
In the unified statement, there is also a letter of commitment from Hunan Jinrui Food Co., Ltd.: "The 'Tukeng Sauerkraut' reported by the CCTV party is a food company that rents the Jinrui company's premises for turnover, and produces it with Jinrui company. The sauerkraut bun products of Uni-President Enterprise do not have any raw material sharing and finished product business transactions." In response to the above commitments, Jinrui Company expressed its willingness to assume all legal responsibilities.
Uniform stated in the statement that Hunan Changqi Vegetable Industry Co., Ltd., Yueyang Yayuan Pickles Food Factory and Tantan Qiao Food Co., Ltd. mentioned in the CCTV 3.15 party report are not uniform company suppliers, and uniform suppliers only involve Hunan Jinrui Food Co., Ltd.
Laotan Pickled Cabbage Beef Noodles is the first flagship product of the unified enterprise. The unified enterprise has a strict supervision system for it. It adheres to the traditional Laotan secondary fermentation process. Self-use, not allowed to buy sauerkraut.
Uni-President has interviewed the person in charge of Uni-President's sauerkraut bun supplier as soon as possible to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the sauerkraut buns supplied to Uni-President.
On March 16, Master Kong also issued a statement of apology regarding the use of sauerkraut buns, and said that it would initiate the removal of related products from the shelves.
Master Kong said that if consumers need to return or exchange sauerkraut-flavored instant noodles, they can call the 400 number on the product package, or directly contact the customer service of the online and offline channels where the product was purchased.
The State Administration for Market Regulation has dispatched a steering group
The State Administration for Market Regulation released a message on March 16 that the State Administration for Market Regulation attached great importance to issues such as "sauerkraut" and "cassava noodles" reported on CCTV's 3.15 party. The provincial market supervision department strictly implements territorial responsibilities, and severely investigates and punishes illegal activities related to food production and operation.
The State Administration for Market Regulation required the market supervision departments of the two provinces to immediately seize the food production and operation enterprises exposed at the 3.15 party, and ordered the enterprises to remove the products in question from the shelves.
Food producers and operators who illegally purchase and use the products involved will be investigated and severely punished according to law.
Those suspected of committing a crime shall be transferred to the public security organs.
Those who are dereliction of duty, such as failing to fulfill their supervisory responsibilities, must be held accountable in accordance with the law and discipline.
The State Administration for Market Regulation requires local market supervision departments to order food producers and operators who purchase and use the products in question as raw materials to remove the relevant products from the shelves and recall relevant products, and strictly investigate and punish violations of laws and regulations in accordance with the law.
In the next step, the State Administration for Market Regulation will deploy local market supervision departments to draw inferences from each other to conduct in-depth investigation and control of similar food safety risks.
Text/Reporter Li Jia
Photography / reporter Fu Ding