MacCoffee fined with VND200 million for unsafe coffee

The Vietnam Food Administration has imposed a VND200 million (VND9,033) fine on FES Vietnam Co., Ltd. (FES), the owner of the MacCoffee brand, as a punitive measure for supplying products violating food safety regulations, according to newswire VTC.
 

Previously, the authority detected food safety violations in FES Vietnam’s two batches of products named Café Phố, produced on December 9 and 10, 2015.

Established in 2004, FES is a subsidiary of Singaporean instant coffee, confectionery, and beverage maker Food Empire Holdings. FES is one of the first companies to bring instant coffee to Vietnam, through the brands MacCoffee 3in1 Strong and MacCoffee 3in1 Classic.

The Vietnam Food Administration has been especially efficacious in cracking down on foreign hospitality units for safety transgressions.

In March, South Korean fast food store Lotteria Vietnam and three of its restaurant units were detected to violate food safety regulations.

Notably, Lotteria Vietnam on the seventh floor of Paragon Building in District 7 and three of its restaurant units at Thu Duc district and District 9 violated food safety regulations leading to poisoning. The charges included maintaining unhygienic food processing sections, as well as operating without a certification of safe food and proper equipment for food preservation.

The Ho Chi Minh City Department of Food Safety issued a collective fine of VND146 million ($6,549) to Lotteria Vietnam and its three restaurant units.

Khoa Le

Source: Vietnam Net