mooncakes - News - FoodAuthenticity2024-03-29T15:16:46Zhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/feed/tag/mooncakesChinese Police Investigate a Major Mooncake Counterfeiting Fraudhttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/blog/chinese-police-investigate-a-major-mooncake-counterfeiting-fraud2020-10-16T09:21:55.000Z2020-10-16T09:21:55.000ZMark Woolfehttps://www.foodauthenticity.global/members/MarkWoolfe<div><p><a href="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8041096082?profile=RESIZE_1200x" target="_blank"><img class="align-left" src="http://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/8041096082?profile=RESIZE_400x" width="350" alt="8041096082?profile=RESIZE_400x" /></a>Mooncakes are a traditional Chinese bakery product eaten during the moon watching Autumn Festival. Chinese police have arrested 40 people suspected of producing and selling fake mooncakes of a well known Hong Kong brand. The investigation started when it was discovered that this brand of mooncakes were being sold 50-70% cheaper on-line. This eventually led them to a production line in Zhangzhou, which employed 100 people producing the fake mooncakes 24/7, where over 12,000 boxes of the fakes were seized. Police said the authentic counterparts of the seized mooncakes are worth over 30 million yuan (US$4.4 million). The investigation is still on-going.</p>
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