ALLSTON BAKERY OWNER SETTLES ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY LAWS

ALLSTON BAKERY OWNER SETTLES
ALLEGED VIOLATIONS OF FEDERAL FOOD SAFETY LAWS

BOSTON – Yi Soon Bakery, Inc. of Allston, Mass., and its owner, Kung Hung, have settled allegations that they violated the Federal Meat Inspection Act by making meat pastries and selling them to wholesale customers without having the pastries inspected by the Food Safety and Inspection Service, part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). 

Food preparation businesses may lawfully purchase USDA-inspected meat and use it to make food products that they sell to retail customers.  But if the food products are to be sold wholesale, they must be reinspected by USDA. 

In December 2012, the United States sued Yi Soon Bakery and Hung, alleging that they had bought and used USDA-inspected beef and pork to make pastries, which they had sold to a food store in Lowell, for resale without the required USDA reinspection.  The bakery and Mr. Hung signed a consent decree in which they agreed to stop selling uninspected food products to wholesale customers. 

The United States later discovered that the bakery and Mr. Hung had violated the consent decree by selling 187 pounds of uninspected meat pastries to Asian food markets in Worcester, Amherst, and Boston for resale.  In March 2015, the government notified the court of the violation.  The bakery and Mr. Hung then agreed to settle. 

Under the terms of the settlement, Mr. Hung has agreed to pay the United States a civil penalty of $30,000, to sell Yi Soon Bakery, and to cease working in the food industry altogether.  The purchaser of the bakery will be advised of the government’s lawsuit, the settlement, and the legal prohibition on selling uninspected meat food products to wholesale customers. 

The announcement was made today by Untied States Attorney Carmen M. Ortiz and Alfred V. Almanza, Deputy Under Secretary for Food Safety of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  The case was handled by Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Wichers of Ortiz’s Civil Division.

聯邦司法部檢察官昨（七）日公佈，位於麻州奧斯頓（Allston）的益順軒（Yi Soon Bakery）違反聯邦肉品檢查法，店東洪坤（譯音，Kung Hung）已與該部達成協議，將罰款三萬元，出售店面，退出食品市場。

聯邦司法部表示，奕順軒因製作含肉糕餅，出售給批發商，卻未讓美國農業部的食品安全及檢查服務部檢查，違反了聯邦肉品檢查法。

司法部指出，處理食品企業可以合法的購買美國農業部檢查過的肉品，並用以製作食品，出售給零售消費者。一旦這些食品是要賣給批發商時，就一定得由美國農業部重新檢查，

在2012年十二月時，美國聯邦政府控告益順軒和洪坤，聲稱他們買了美國農業部檢查過的牛肉，豬肉後，用來做糕餅，再賣給羅爾市的食品店，沒做必要的美國農業部重新檢查，就重新銷售了。

益順軒和洪坤都簽署了同意書，將停止銷售未經檢查的食品給批發客戶。

美國聯邦政府其後發現，益順軒和洪坤違反了同意書條款，出售187磅未經檢查的肉品糕餅給位於屋斯特（Worcester），安赫斯特（Amherst）以及波士頓的亞洲食品市場轉售，

2015年三月，聯邦政府通知法院這一違規情節。益順軒及洪坤接著同意達成協議。

            根據協議條款，洪坤同意付給美國政府三萬元的民事罰款，出售益順軒，並不再繼續在食品業工作。

            購買益順軒烘培店者，將被告知這一聯邦訴訟，協議，以及法律禁止銷售未經檢查肉類食品給批發客戶等規定。 

聯邦政府檢察官卡門歐提姿（Carmen M. Ortiz），聯邦政府農業部食品安全執行副部長艾曼薩（Alfred V. Almanza）昨日做前述公佈。