Wan Maomao Frozen Foods sold over one ton of intentionally misdated dumplings before Chinese authorities began an investigation. No one was harmed by eating the two-year-old dumplings, but Chinese authorities have also discovered other factories that are producing dumlings with excessive chemical additives.
From the Houston Chronicle:
A company in eastern China was ordered to stop production after food safety officials found it was repackaging the filling from two-year-old rice dumplings, an official said Tuesday.Officials in east China’s Anhui province ordered a recall of all “zongzi” ” a traditional snack made of glutinous rice and other fillings usually wrapped in bamboo leaves ” made by the manufacturer, Wan Maomao Frozen Food Co. [Full Text]