Whether it’s Pandahouse or Ding Wang, the biggest headache with these food incidents is that products never number just one or two. To pursue high profits from fine details, they always manage to make one become two hundred. So these incidents are always only about how much gets exposed, never about “just this one careless time.”
This isn’t some tree inevitably having dead branches—starting from scratch, everything reflects the entrepreneur’s inner nature. All responsibility belongs with the entrepreneur.
🤔 Four Types of Netizen “Compliance Arguments” on Food Safety
When the Ding Wang scandal initially broke, regarding their adding chicken broth cubes issue, some believed it was “just a small problem—everyone does this,” choosing to ignore it, even going out of their way to eat Ding Wang and praise its taste. They subsequently deployed various “netizen-style compliance theories” in comments:
- “Taiwanese just nitpick everything. Don’t excessively criticize others;”
- “Where’s natural food anymore? Happiness matters most. I hate these stories;”
- “Scared of death? Don’t eat then;”
- “Society’s just like this nowadays. One small slip gets magnified; ignore others’ faults but scrutinize leaders;”
- “Lots of Taiwanese businesses see others succeed with envy—just suppression,” etc.
Perhaps stepping away from the mainstream to create your own style is being “trendy.”
Innocence is truly wonderful.
These people actually think weekly magazines only have chicken broth cubes for stories—they seriously underestimate media reporters’ investigative prowess. News’ greatest value lies in developing stories, sustaining them long and thoroughly.
In today’s newly-breaking story “Ding Wang’s ‘Salt Select Grilled Meat’ Also Involved Fabrication,” Ding Wang thoroughly slapped these people’s faces.
🇹🇼 Are Taiwanese People Really So Easy to Deceive?
From experience encountering various domestic and international people, their impressions of Taiwan are that citizens are kind, warm, and Taiwan Beer tastes good.
Looking back, those stereotypes are absolutely correct.
So why do Taiwan’s food businesses consistently win citizens’ affection, continuing to wrong-do repeatedly?! And keep concealing, convinced Taiwanese are easy to deceive?
Well, apparently that’s true.
Actually, the biggest problem I see in these food safety incidents is that these merchants’ illegal profits always far exceed legal penalties—like earning nine oxen but compensating one hair. That’s the DPP government’s magnanimous virtue.