A female tea farmer surnamed Chen took part in the tea competition by pretending to be Taiwanese tea at a low price in the name of her name.

(Picture provided by Nantou District Prosecutor's Office)

[Reporter Chen Fengli/Nantou Report] A female tea farmer surnamed Chen in Nantou County bought 30 catties from a tea shop at a price of 300 yuan per catty, and then used her daughter's name to participate in the new variety group of the Shanlinxi Excellent Spring Tea Competition of Zhushan Town Farmers Association In the competition, there is a signing and cutting certificate guaranteeing Taiwan tea, and the "two flowers" will be awarded. After the award, the peasant association will buy 1 catty for 850 yuan, and the other 20 catties will be packaged into 20 cans. "Origin: Taiwan" is written on the box. The tea was sold to a tea shop for 600 yuan per kilogram. The Changhua County Health Bureau took the tea and sent it to the factory for identification. It was found to be Vietnamese tea and transferred to justice.

The indictment pointed out that at the beginning of last year, a female tea farmer surnamed Chen bought 30 kilograms of Vietnamese tea from the owner of a tea shop surnamed Zhang at a price of 300 yuan per kilogram, and then took the batch of Vietnamese tea in the name of her unknowing daughter. Pretending to be Taiwan oolong tea, he signed up to participate in the new variety group competition of the 110th annual Shanlinxi Excellent Spring Tea Competition of Zhushan Township Farmers Association.

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The batch of Vietnamese teas that were counterfeit Taiwanese teas were rated as "two flowers", so Zhushan Town Farmers' Association purchased 1 jin from Chen Nv at a price of 850 yuan per jin, and then the staff of Zhushan Town Farmers' Association would act on their behalf. Packaging cans and cartons marked with "Shanlinxi, Oolong Tea Competition", "Origin: Taiwan", etc., 2 cans per box, 1 can of 300 grams, a total of 20 boxes totaling 20 kilograms, and handed it back to Chen Nu. She then sold all of them at a price of 600 yuan per jin to a tea shop owner named Weng who mistakenly believed that the tea was the winner of the competition. Weng Nan paid 12,000 yuan for the goods.

This batch of counterfeit Taiwanese tea parties broke out because the Changhua County Health Bureau went to the tea shop of the owner surnamed Weng on September 22 last year to randomly inspect the batch of Vietnamese tea. Through the "Strengthening the Coordination and Contact Platform for Combating Overseas Tea Mixing Taiwanese Tea Cases" established by the Taiwan High Prosecutor's Office, the Nantou District Prosecutor's Office was sent a letter to investigate and prosecute today.

The Nantou District Prosecutor's Office pointed out that this is the case of overseas tea passing off as Taiwanese tea after the defendants surnamed Lin and Yang were charged in September this year for selling "Shanlinxi Taiwan tea" mixed with Vietnamese tea. There will be strict prosecution and no leniency.

A female tea farmer surnamed Chen used Vietnamese tea to pretend to be Taiwanese tea and won the "Two Flowers". The farmers' association packaged and sealed the tea for the competition.

(Picture provided by Nantou District Prosecutor's Office)