Immersed chemicals in soybean powder to process coffee, adding cornstarch, removing kilograms of bitterness to increase bitterness … are ways for business people to produce fake coffee products that are as delicious as the real thing.

Inspecting Thong Phat coffee roasting facility, To Hieu Street, Hiep Tan Ward, Tan Phu District, Ho Chi Minh City at the beginning of July, the Inspector of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health found only hundreds of bags of soybeans and corn scattered in the mold. company member. This place is said to have bought soybeans and soaked in chemicals to make coffee and sold to many places.

In Thong Phat, the authorities also found many other chemicals such as banned sugar, white powder of unknown origin, thickener, many plastic cans of unlabeled solution… “We have Samples are taken for testing and are waiting for results,” said Pham Kim Binh, acting chief inspector of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Health.

Recently, on July 17, the police of District 12, Ho Chi Minh City discovered and temporarily seized a car transporting 450 kg of soybeans and 50 kg of corn that had been laced with chemicals into coffee. The driver declared the above goods of Xuan Hoanh cafe, Trung My Tay ward, district 12, and transported it to the bus station to send it to the company in Quang Ngai city. Conducting a search of this coffee establishment, the police made a report of 8.5 tons of unroasted soybeans, 1 ton of roasted and chemically coated soybeans, 950 kg of unroasted corn, and 900 kg of coffee shells used for food. eat livestock; 150 kg of type 1 coffee, 410 kg of type 2 coffee have been packed, 12 chemicals of all kinds are used to process coffee. In addition, the working group made a record that at Xuan Hoanh coffee processing facility there were 2 soybean roasters with a capacity of 120 kg/batch, 2 grinders and 2 packaging machines for finished products…

District 12 police said that in the near future, it will coordinate with mass organizations such as food hygiene and safety to set up an unexpected inspection team of coffee production and preparation facilities in the district to detect and handle the situation. handle violations.