A meat distributor in New York’s Chinatown has been ordered to pay a $250,000 civil penalty for violating food safety laws.
CHUNG SHING MEATS, INC., a/k/a “New Chung Hing Meats, Inc,” and four individuals, WING HONG CHEUNG, MIAO HE FENG, YIU KWAN CHEUNG, and TIAN LUN FENG, have been fined for violating a consent decree that required them to comply with food safety laws at their meat distributorship in Chinatown, Manhattan.
The defendants have repeatedly violated the consent decree, which was entered in 2020 after they were accused of selling uninspected or misbranded meat and poultry products, including roast pork, pork chops, roast ducks, beef brisket, chickens, and other beef, poultry, and pork products.
According to the agreement approved by the court, the defendants admitted to selling a total of 787.62 pounds of non-federally inspected meat and poultry products.
U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said, “This Office has zero tolerance for defendants who continue in their ways after entering into consent decrees in which they commit to come into compliance. Such conduct is all the worse where, as here, the consent decree was designed to protect the public health.”
FSIS Administrator Paul Kiecker said, “FSIS’s authority to enforce the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act is clear. Our inspection personnel and investigators are on the job daily, verifying that establishments are providing consumers with safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled food.”
The Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act protect public health by ensuring the nation’s commercial supply of meat and poultry is safe, wholesome, and accurately labeled and packaged.
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Key Facts
- State: New York
- Category: Food Safety Violation|Public Health|Food Fraud
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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