The Ministry of Science and Technology yesterday decided to revoke an award as one of the "Top 100 Products for Community Health 2009" which had been granted to the Taiwanese monosodium-glutamate producer Vedan.
The Ministry of Science and Technology yesterday decided to revoke an award as one of the "Top 100 Products for Community Health 2009" which had been granted to the Taiwanese monosodium-glutamate producer Vedan.
The award had been presented on October 13 by the Southern Office of the Ministry of Sciences and Technology in co-operation with the Quality and Trademark Development Centre.
But farmers in
Vedan was found last year to have dumped more than 5,000cu.m of untreated wastewater daily for over 15 years through concealed underground pipes into the
(Source: VNS)
