Chaozhou cured-meat plants probed over tainted pork
SingTao · 2 SOURCESabout 2 hours ago2 MIN
Summary
Chaozhou's market regulator has published a batch of 2026 food-safety enforcement cases, including two involving cured-meat factories in Dongfeng Town, Chao'an District, where pork materials and products tested positive for a pig virus. In one case, inspectors and police raided a factory in May and seized pork from pigs of unknown cause of death, along with semi-finished pork jerky already in production. The value of goods involved in that case was about 210,000 yuan, and the case has been transferred to public security authorities for criminal handling. A separate July case involved frozen pork without labels or quarantine documents, and the meat and related finished pork jerky also tested positive for a pig virus.
Key Points
- Chaozhou Municipal Market Supervision Administration said it had been conducting a citywide crackdown this year on fake or substandard meat products and online food violations
- In May 2026, Chao'an District regulators and police raided a cured-meat factory in Dongfeng Town and seized suspect pork and semi-finished pork jerky.
- Investigators said the factory allegedly processed pork from pigs of unknown cause of death, with the case involving goods worth about 210,000 yuan.
- In July 2026, another cured-meat factory in Dongfeng Town was found storing frozen pork lacking labels and inspection or quarantine certificates.
- Both cases' meat samples tested positive for a pig virus, though officials did not specify the virus type, and both were referred to police.
Why It Matters
For Hong Kong consumers who often buy preserved or processed meat products from across the border, the cases underline the importance of traceability, labelling and quarantine documentation in the supply chain. The reports also show that a positive pig-virus result does not by itself identify the pathogen, even as the use of pork from pigs of unknown cause of death raises a separate food-safety concern