An unlicensed restaurant that served college students through a Chinese app has been ordered to pay more than $100,000 after its food reportedly caused several people to fall ill.
The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office settled with Xin Jiang, owner of Anna’s Kitchen, for $106,997 in total costs and penalties on Dec. 18, according to a news release distributed Monday afternoon. Jiang will owe an additional $90,000 if he’s found operating a retail food operation without a valid county permit again.
Anna’s Kitchen targeted University of California, Davis students from China through the immensely popular Chinese app WeChat. It became the subject of a Yolo County Environmental Health Division investigation after multiple complaints from students who became sick after eating food from Anna’s Kitchen, according to the release.
The investigation found Jiang delivered hundreds of meals that weren’t kept at county-mandated hot or cold temperatures, putting customers at risk for food-borne illnesses.
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