Reported 12 months ago
On June 30, 2024, Criminal Police Bureau cracked down on deceitful tea merchants selling Vietnamese tea as Taiwan's champion tea, which was difficult to differentiate even by professional tea masters. To discern the origin, undercover agents purchased the counterfeit tea and sent it to the Agricultural Department for testing of trace elements, exposing the fraud. The article highlights the price disparities between Vietnamese and Taiwanese teas due to factors like manual labor costs, with Vietnamese teas being substantially cheaper. The recent influx of counterfeit Vietnamese teas winning awards in Taiwan's competitions prompted the government to conduct a thorough crackdown on such practices.
Source: YAHOO