1. China Confronts Crisis Over Food Safety.
- Author
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Zamiska, Nicholas, Leow, Jason, Oster, Shai, Zhang, Kersten, Sue Feng, Tang Hanting, and Zhu, Ellen
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FOOD safety , *FOOD industry , *PHARMACEUTICAL industry , *FOOD recall - Abstract
This article reports on the steps taken by the Chinese government to address the crisis concerning food safety within the country. Zheng Xiaoyu, former head of the State Food and Drug Administration, was sentenced to death for receiving bribes of cash and gifts from several pharmaceutical companies during his tenure. The government also announced the implementation of a food-recall system to address recurring food-safety problems.
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- 2007