Taichung drink shop suspended due to ‘roach egg’ in drinkBy Huang Hsu-lei and Esme Yeh / Staff reporter, with staff writerA drink shop in Taichung’s Yizhong Street Commercial Area (一中商圈) was suspended yesterday after a customer said they found a cockroach egg in their drink. The customer, surnamed Lin (林), said she bought a drink from the shop on Saturday and felt a strange substance while sipping her beverage. People walk along the Yizhong Street Commercial Area in Taichung in an undated photograph. The shop refunded the order and made her another drink, but Lin said she did not dare drink it. The Taichung Office of Food and Drug Safety yesterday said it had dispatched personnel to inspect the shop.

Source: Taipei Times January 11, 2026 16:05 UTC