KMT Stages Rally Following Tainted Cooking Oil Scandal
More than 1,300 businesses and 500 products were affected as opposition leaders blamed the government for a slow response and demanded accountability.
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KMT stages rally following tainted cooking oil scandal
The Chinese Nationalist Party (KMT) yesterday held a rally on Ketagalan Boulevard in Taipei calling for the president to apologize and for the premier to step down over a food safety scandal involving a carcinogenic compound found in cooking oil produced by Central Union Oil Corp (中聯油脂).The “I am hu
Opposition rallies in Taipei over tainted cooking oil scandal
Taipei, July 25 (CNA) Thousands attended a main opposition Kuomintang (KMT)-organized rally in Taipei on Saturday to demand answers from the government, nearly a month after large quantities of cooking oil containing excessive levels of the carcinogen benzo[a]pyrene were found circulating in Taiwan.
The controversy surrounding the carcinogenic cooking oil from Chung Lien Foods continues to escalate, with many citizens expressing concerns about food safety. The Kuomintang (KMT) even led a protest along Ketagalan Boulevard against the toxic oil. The chairman of the Taichung City Chamber of Commerce urged the Taichung mayor to focus more on public health and less on political maneuvering. Chi Hsu-tung, chairman of the Taichung City Confectione…
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