In 1975, the first batch of canned escargots were received well on overseas markets, and ever since, the price has been soaring, earning hundreds of millions of U.S. dollars for the country.
民國六十四年，國內第一批蝸牛罐頭，由大益、先聲、鮮元三家食品工廠試銷成功。從此國內食品加工業者，掀一陣蝸牛熱潮，食品冷凍和罐頭工廠，相繼開拓蝸牛生產線，紛紛向農村收購野生蝸牛。