Samurai Bowl owner Xinchen Liu fined $30,000 for selling unsafe food, immigration breaches

Xinchen Liu, owner of Samurai Bowl in Christchurch, sold toxic food for 18 months, ignoring public health risks and breaching immigration rules. Sentenced to six months’ home detention and fined $30,000, she was described as “cavalier” by Judge Raoul Neave. Despite authorities ordering a recall of unsafe ramen meals due to Staphylococcus aureus contamination, Liu repurposed the ingredients for customer consumption and staff meals.

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