Owners of a retail food market in Quincy entered a settlement with the government after they were accused of selling meat and poultry that was misbranded, not federally-inspected or was illegally imported from places outside the United States, such as China.
The consent decree was reached with the owners and operators of Quincy Convenience Store, Wei Zheng, and Cun Yong Liu, the office of U.S. Attorney Joshua Levy announced Wednesday. It resolves accusations that Zheng and Liu had violated the Federal Meat Inspection Act (FMIA) and the Poultry Products Inspection Act (PPIA).
Zheng and Liu had been investigated by the Food Safety and Inspection Service of the USDA, who told the shop owners multiple times to stop their illegal meat and poultry sale and purchase activities, the office said. The USDA cited the owners and their store for not maintaining proper business records of the raw foods…