Has the widely known Taiwanese delight encountered the unexpected? For approximately thirty years, DEHP was undetected in Taiwan’s food market because the toxin was not required for testing. However, in late May 2011, Taiwanese health authorities appealed for 168 food processors to recall more than 1 million tainted items, including the country’s renowned bubble tea drink. Recently, manufacturers have been exposed using a plasticizer labelled DEHP, which was commonly found in bubble tea drinks, to enhance pigment in their products. Furthermore, DEHP was used in place of more expensive ingredients.

Despite all the possible health threats Taiwan posed to its nation and neighbouring business partners of oversea countries, manufacturers persistently continued developing products contaminated with DEHP which resulted in the downfall of the economy’s market. In hopes of earning a greater profit, Taiwan’s manufacturers sacrificed their business ethics to release unreliable products to the public. Moreover, because bubble tea drinks are savored worldwide Taiwan’s market is inevitably affected. Nonetheless, the Taiwanese manufacturers’ practices in business ethics are questionable.