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'' ranked Kimlan as a winner of the gold awards in 2008.

History

The company was originally founded as Datung Company on 8 May 1936 by Mr. Han Chung. In 1970, the company was renamed as Kimlan Soy Sauce. In 1987, it was renamed again to Kimlan Foods Co., Ltd. In 1985, reports indicated that several high-level employees who were members of the founding Han Chung family fell seriously ill after consuming raw African giant snails, leading to multiple fatalities. The cause of death was later identified as infection by the parasitic nematode ''Angiostrongylus cantonensis'', commonly known as the rat lungworm.

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