Hundreds of tons of dried meat are made from ingredients of unknown origin.

Phu Tho Provincial Police said that the Investigation Police Agency (Provincial Police) has initiated a case, prosecuted the accused and temporarily detained Vu Thi Huong (residing in Vinh Hung commune, Phu Tho province) for the act of producing and trading in counterfeit food products.

According to initial information from the Investigation Agency, after grasping information about the subjects' tricks, Major General Nguyen Minh Tuan, Director of Phu Tho Provincial Police, directed the Economic Police Department to coordinate with relevant units to conduct a surprise inspection of the production facility of MQ Food One Member Limited Liability Company (formerly Cuong Huong One Member Limited Liability Company) in Village 1, Vinh Hung Commune, Phu Tho Province (formerly Dai Dong Commune, Vinh Tuong District, Vinh Phuc Province) with Vu Thi Huong as Director.

Authorities discovered 3 cold storages containing 30 tons of fresh buffalo meat, pork and 1 ton of fresh sausage; 1 finished product storage warehouse containing 3 tons of dried buffalo meat and 3.4 tons of packaged dried pork.

At the time of inspection, the owner of the facility could not present documents proving the origin of the above foods.

Continuing to expand the inspection of the food production facility of Vu Thi Hien (Vinh Hung commune, Vu Thi Huong's sister), the authorities discovered an additional 300kg of dried meat being packaged, along with 2 vacuum machines and many packages bearing the brand name of Cuong Huong One Member Limited Liability Company.

Through investigation and verification, the Phu Tho Provincial Police Department determined that all the raw materials were frozen buffalo and pork imported from India; most of them were of unknown origin, without invoices or documents. Some shipments in the cold storage were emitting a foul odor.

Notably, to gain consumer trust, Huong established a “virtual” branch named Cuong Huong One Member Limited Liability Company (later renamed MQ Food One Member Limited Liability Company) located at No. 22, Alley 15, Lane 200, Minh Khai (old Ha Giang city) and printed on product packaging the words “Highland Specialties” even though the company had no production or business activities in this locality.

In addition, Huong also bought HACCP certification (a system of hazard analysis and critical control points for food, recognized as a food safety quality management system worldwide) printed on product packaging, and designed her own QR code to stick on the packaging, even though she had not registered with the competent authorities.

Through this trick, from 2020 until being discovered, Vu Thi Huong used more than 1,000 tons of frozen meat to produce about 400 tons of dried meat, earning an estimated more than 100 billion VND.

The case is being further investigated by the Investigation Police Agency, Phu Tho Provincial Police to strictly handle it according to the provisions of law./.

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