Multiple Facilities In Vietnam Charged With Producing Fake Coffee – CoffeeTalk
Police in Gia Lai Province, Vietnam, have dismantled three facilities involved in the production and distribution of counterfeit coffee laced with unverified chemicals. The province’s investigators have initiated criminal proceedings against 32-year-old Nguyen Hoang Vu, a resident of Pleiku City, for his involvement in producing and selling fake coffee. The ‘Uyen’ coffee brand was established by Vu, but the coffee was found to be adulterated with various additives and chemicals of unknown origin, making it unsafe for consumption. In late December last year, police launched raids on multiple coffee production facilities in Pleiku City, revealing three facilities producing ‘Uyen’ coffee. Police officers seized over 800 kilograms of packaged coffee and more than 420 kilograms of coffee that had already been adulterated but was yet to be packaged for sale. A substantial amount of the seized product, approximately 785 kilograms, was determined to be fake coffee. The tainted coffee had been distributed to shops in several districts across Gia Lai Province, including Duc Co, Chu Prong, Krong Pa, and neighboring Kon Tum Province. The provincial police are continuing to expand the investigation into fake coffee production.
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Source: Coffee Talk