In 1990, then-TTWMB head Wu Poh-hsiung was forced to step down when rice wine went from NT $ 16 to NT $ 20 per bottle, and the price was returned to its original level.
民國六十九年，當時的臺灣省菸酒公賣局局長吳伯雄，還因為將米酒從十六元調到二十元而遭到免職，漲價的米酒硬是又調回了原價。