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Kwong Tung Foods, Adulterated Food Distribution, Minnesota 2023
MINNEAPOLIS – In a shocking turn of events, Kwong Tung Foods Inc., a Minneapolis-based food manufacturer, has been hit with a permanent injunction for distributing adulterated noodles and sprouts across the state. The U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota entered the consent decree against Kwong Tung Foods, its president Vieta C. Wang, and vice president Juney H. Wang.
The FDA inspection in 2015 revealed numerous insanitary practices, including live and dead pests and rodents in production rooms, black mold-like substance on production equipment, and inadequate employee sanitation practices. The FDA also observed condensate dripping onto finished bean sprouts.
The FDA inspected Kwong Tung Foods’ facility twice in 2014 and found failures to exclude pests from the facility and to adequately maintain equipment and employee sanitation practices.
Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General Benjamin C. Mizer stated, ‘Kwong Tung Foods was repeatedly warned about the insanitary conditions at its Minneapolis food facility. The Department of Justice will continue to work aggressively to protect consumers from adulterated food and enforce our nation’s food safety laws.’
In conjunction with the filing of the complaint, the defendants agreed to be bound by a permanent injunction. As part of the settlement, the defendants represented that they have ceased receiving, preparing, processing, packing, holding, or distributing any type of food at or from any location.
Under the permanent injunction, if the defendants seek to resume such activity, they must take specific steps to improve the firm’s manufacturing practices, and then receive written approval from FDA.
The government is represented by Trial Attorney Alistair Reader of the Civil Division’s Consumer Protection Branch and Assistant U.S. Attorney Bahram Samie of the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, with the assistance of Associate Chief Counsel for Enforcement Jennifer Kang of the Food and Drug Division, Office of General Counsel, Department of Health and Human Services.
Additional information about the Consumer Protection Branch and its enforcement efforts may be found at http://www.justice.gov/civil/consumer-protection-branch and for more information about the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Minnesota, visit its website at http://www.justice.gov/usao-mn.
Key Facts
- State: Minnesota
- Category: Food Safety|Adulterated Food
- Source: DOJ Press Release â†â€â€
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