Kaohsiung City's consumer protection and health officials have conducted an inspection in the New Year's goods market in Sanfeng Central Street. After discovering hydrogen peroxide in several gluten products, the store has since been ordered to immediately remove the items off the shelves.

Many consumers have already begun preparing for Chinese New Year, and consumer protection and health officials recently began inspecting goods being sold on Kaohsiung's Sanfeng Central Street.

While checking labels for relevant information including product names and place of manufacture, officials found one dried shark's fin vendor selling products with no labels.

Health officials also tested dried squid and gluten products for bleaching agents and hydrogen peroxide, and ordered products that failed tests to be immediately removed from shelves.

Vendors selling unpackaged sweets and dried fruit were asked to cover the products with lids or use plastic bags.

Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection officials, meanwhile, conducted inspections of electric scales and asked one store with an inaccurate scale to immediately remove it from use.

Vendors that were written up have been given one week too improve their operations.