Public outcry results in boycott against Ting Hsin

outcry n. 強烈抗議

boycott n. 抵制行動facilitate vt. 促進comprehensive adj. 詳

盡的netizens n. 網民

As products of Ting Hsin International Group have been named in all major food scandals that surfaced in Taiwan over the past year, a public movement has taken shape,calling for a boycott on all products and services provided by the company.

In order to facilitate the boycott effort, a comprehensive list of products and services provided by Ting Hsin has been prepared by local netizens.

via prep. 藉由viral adj. 病毒般的distribution n. 供應telecommunications n.

電信 analysts n. 分析existential adj. 存在的

Via the Line messaging app and Facebook, the list has gone viral in recent days. In addition to food products distribution and telecommunications business run by Ting Hsin are on the list as well. Some analysts believe Ting Hsin is now facing an existential challenge.

reinvestment n. 再投資domestic adj. 國內的scale n. 規模

marginalized vt. 使 ...邊緣化 overcome vt. 克服

Ting Hsin has a reinvestment business in Taiwan Star Cellular Crop. With domestic telecommunications firms competing head-to-head on the new 4G technology, and given Taiwan Star’s relatively smaller scale, the company risks being marginalized by bigger players Chunghwa Telecom, Taiwan Mobile and Far EasTone. As Taiwan Star is now on the boycott list, how the company will respond the overcome future challenges remains to be seen.

indicted vt. 控告fraud n. 詐欺mislabeled adj. 貼錯標籤的Foodstuff n. 食品

illegal adj. 非法的agent n. ... 劑copper n. 銅chlorophyllin n. 葉綠酸

Ting Hsin was involved in all food scandals over the past year. In November 2013, the chairman of Ting Hsin was indicted on fraud charges because of mislabeled products in connection to oil purchased from Chang Chi Foodstuff Factory Co., which used illegal coloring agent copper chlorophyllin in its olive oil.

tainted adj. 受汙染的gutter n. 排水溝

prosecutors n. 檢察官

In September of this year, Ting Hsin’s products were once again named in a tainted oil scandal, when an oil company based in Pingtung allegedly used gutter oil to produce cooking oil, which was then supplied to a number of companies. On Oct.9, prosecutors launched an investigation saying that Ting Hsin unit Cheng-I Food Co. is being investigated over the possible mixing of animal feed oil with cooking oil, which was then sold for human consumption.

wake n. 尾流、蹤跡 flinch vi. 退縮

In the wake of the latest scandal, Ting Hsin CEO Wei Ying-chung announced his resignation on Oct. 9 and several days ago sent a letter to his employees. In the letter, Wei said that “as a major food company, we have no right to be pessimistic, and I sincerely hope that all colleagues will not be discouraged or flinch. As long as we stand united to face the challenge, Wei Chuan will get better, and in the end, with better quality and insurance, we will win back the consumers’ trust”

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