Talking to the Lao Dong newspaper on September 3, a leader of Dak Nong People's Committee said the police had completed the investigation and the provincial People's Committee was building an indictment to prosecute the subjects in the case. the project “Violation of food safety regulations” occurred in April 2018 in this province.
According to the prosecution agency, Ms. Phan Thi Dung, Director of Thao Dung Trade and Production Company (in Loc Ninh town, Loc Ninh district, Binh Phuoc province) is an enterprise specializing in trading, purchasing agricultural products and pepper. seed. Because the percentage of impurities contained in pepper sold to partners was below the permitted level, Dung asked Mrs. Le Thi Hong Tho, Director of Tinh Tho Company (in Nam N'Jang commune, Dak Song district, Dak Nong province) to find Buy impurities to mix into pepper to add weight. From the end of 2015 to the beginning of April 2018, Ms. Tho repeatedly contacted Nguyen Xuan Bao and his wife (located in Dak Wer commune, Dak R'lap district, Dak Nong province) – Nguyen Thi Thanh Loan, owner of a collecting establishment Buy agricultural products to order.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Loan talked to a reporter at her facility, before she was arrested Photo: Binh Nguyen
According to the impurity sample of Mrs. Dung, the couple of Loan – Bao took the coal battery into the water into a liquid solution and added the impurities as coffee waste (shells, coffee beans mixed with gravel, stone) mix well, bring Incubate for about 24 hours and then dry. Loan – Bao then used a 3-layer trellis to select a portion of the same size as a pepper and then packed into bags.
Also according to the procedure, when the quantity of one shipment is 15-20 tons, Loan – Bao informed Ms. Tho to hire Mr. Tran Nguong (to hire goods) to deliver to Ms. Dung. According to the testimony, from the end of 2015 to the beginning of April 2018, Loan – Bao sold to Tho about 15-20 cars, each with 15-20 tons of coal-containing impurities at a price of 9,000-12,000 VND / kg. To ensure the secret, whenever goods were available, Ms. Tho hired Mr. Ngong to come and import for Ms. Dung, the freight Ms. Dung paid to Mr. Ngo and the goods were paid to Ms. Tho and then Ms. Tho paid to the couple. Loan – Bao, enjoy a difference of 1,000 – 3,000 VND / kg, depending on the time.
On April 22, the Police Investigation Agency of Dak Nong Province discovered and seized at Ms. Dung's facility 9 tons of pepper mixed with battery coal impurities before Dung could consume it. On March 3, Dak Nong Province police prosecuted the accused and detained the 5 subjects to clarify the behavior of “Violating food safety regulations”.
According to the assessment results, in the pepper samples sent for evaluation, the main ingredient is pepper, content of 81.66%; In addition, impurities were found: coffee crust, stone crumbs, coal powder. In particular, coal powder battery contains manganese dioxide, zinc chloride, ammonium chloride … – substances banned in the use of food additives.
Hundreds of tons?
Thus, according to the subjects' testimonies, the amount of coal-colored impurities produced was up to hundreds of tons, many times larger than the results of the previously published investigation. In this regard, the leader of Dak Nong People's Committee thought that this was only a one-sided testimony from the subjects and the investigating authorities could not seize the evidence and could not prove it as the testimony (!?).
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