The person in charge of the Baolin Teahouse case in Bei City that killed 6 and injured 27 was sentenced to 1 year and 10 months. The survivors criticized the Bei City government for many omissions.

The mass food poisoning case at the "Baolin Teahouse" in 2024 resulted in a tragedy of six deaths and 27 injuries. The Taipei District Court yesterday sentenced the person in charge, Li Fangxuan, to one year and ten months in prison, the substitute chef Hu Qingfu to eight months in prison, and the chef Sunday Hao to six months in prison on the charge of negligent death. Victim Huang Shujun was dissatisfied with the light sentence yesterday and criticized the Jiang Municipal Government for many omissions in the case.

Li Fangxuan and others did not pay compensation and did not plead guilty, and their sentences were not commuted.

Between March 19 and March 24, 2024, many people went to the "Paulin Tea Room" in Xinyi Building A, Far Eastern Department Store, Taipei City, and suffered from nausea, abdominal pain and other symptoms after eating rice cakes. During this period, the police found that the unsealed rice cakes were placed close to the ground and in ditches without being refrigerated.

The prosecutor found that the environment in the kitchen was just conducive to the production of the "bonkeric acid" toxin by the "Burkholderia Gladiolus coconut virus prototype strain". For convenience, the acting chef Hu Qingfu mixed the newly opened kway teow with the rice noodles that had not been refrigerated for the past day for cooking, resulting in the rice noodles being contaminated by bunkley acid. Hospital identification, simulation tests and witness statements all pointed to the contaminated kway teow as the main cause of death and injury.

The judge believed that Wang Shunde was only responsible for outside work, so he was found not guilty; while Li Fangxuan did not establish a process to prevent cross-contamination of food ingredients and complete education and training. Li and other four people were negligent in their respective jobs, which was the main cause of the injuries and deaths. The collegial court considered that the mediation in this case was paid for by the insurance company of Taiwan Food Agency Company and Far East Department Store. None of the four people paid or pleaded guilty, so the sentence was not reduced.

Victim: North City Government failed to seize property in time

Huang Shujun, a survivor of the case, said that the Beijing Municipal Government made many mistakes in handling the case. For example, the Legal Affairs Bureau did not seize the property of the person in charge immediately, and the Health Bureau failed to sample ingredients. She was also dissatisfied with Mayor Jiang Wanan for mentioning this painful incident at the debate.