The photo, originally shared by Facebook user Jonny Lieu—who claims to be a former C.P. employee—sparked widespread concern online over the safety of the company’s meat products, which are widely distributed across Vietnam.
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An image of diseased pork pieces circulated on social media in May 2025. Photo courtesy of Facebook/Jonny Lieu |
A C.P. Vietnam representative on Monday admitted to inspectors in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang that the image was taken on March 26, 2022, at the local Dung Nga slaughterhouse, a private facility which operates to C.P. standards.
Its owner, Tran Thi Nga, said the facility slaughters 30-40 pigs a day, and on the day the photo was taken, some pigs showed signs of skin diseases.
Images of the infected pigs were shown to C.P. executives, and the animals were later used to feed fish and not sold, she added.
C.P. told authorities that the two pieces of pig in the image, weighing 72.7 kilograms, were processed for feeding fish at the site and not transported elsewhere.
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Dung Nga slaughterhouse in Hau Giang Province. Photo by Khang Nguyen |
Lieu, who said he used to work for a C.P. retail shop in Hau Giang’s neighboring Soc Trang Province, alleged that at the company he had seen many pork and poultry products with signs of disease such as bumps, abscesses or pus or foul odors.
He published many images of the meat and screenshots of employees’ chat exchanges on an app to prove his authenticity.
He claimed that diseased products were sold to consumers, some at low prices for making sausages.
He has not responded to VnExpress’s request for comment.
Last week authorities carried out raids of several C.P. stores in Soc Trang but did not uncover safety violations.
But one of the shops had not renewed its food safety certificate after it expired in early March.
The shop also failed to produce certificates of food safety training for the owner and staff.
The inspection team sealed the facility and required the managers to complete the documentation within five days.
C.P., a subsidiary of Thai food giant Charoen Pokphand Group, came to Vietnam in 1993 as a 100% foreign-invested company.
It has numerous factories and farms across Vietnam specializing in poultry, pork, eggs, seafood, and processed products.
Its popular products include sausages, pre-marinated chicken and convenience foods.
