food safety

www.chinahush.com — A worker on the landfill said: “These cattle stay here day and night, eat and poop. They sleep on the grass or in empty space, nobody comes to look after them.” The cattle will be butchered and sold to the market when they grow up. The worker said he has tasted the beef before, and commented “the taste seems different from normal beef, a little sour”.

the-diplomat.com — Luoyang, in central Henan Province, one of China’s ancient capitals, has been a magnet for scandals over the past few weeks, becoming the centre of national attention repeatedly following a string of food safety revelations, murders, kidnappings, police misconduct and the arrest of an official accused of keeping six women imprisoned in a makeshift dungeon as sex slaves for almost two years.

www.chinadaily.com.cn — Last time this hit the news I don't know anyone who thought that they were really going to do anything about it other than make some propaganda. Now it's in the news again, on a bigger scale, centered on Beijing, Tianjin, and Hebei province. Of all the disgusting food scandals in China, this has to be among the most stomach-turning.

www.ministryoftofu.com — NetEase, one of China’s biggest web portals, published Happy Times on March 31 for April Fools’ Day. The parody newspaper, similar in style to The Onion, is laden with witty and scalding sarcasm. The spoof news stories nailed most social maladies and problems. However, several hours after its publication, it was removed from NetEase’ web page.

chinadigitaltimes.net — In a country with an appetite-killing roster of food safety issues – from deadly infant formula to honey laced with dangerous antimicrobials and eggs dyed with cancer-causing pigments – the problem of clenbuterol-tainted pork is widely considered to be one of China’s biggest food threats.