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Beijing
(ANTARA News/AFP) - China has arrested around 2,000 people and closed nearly
5,000 businesses in a major crackdown on illegal food additives, the government
said, after a wave of contamination scares.
China launched
the campaign in April following a spate of tainted food scandals -- included
pork found on the market so loaded with bacteria that it reportedly glowed in
the dark.
Nearly six
million food businesses have now been investigated and more than 4,900 shut
down for "illegal practices", the government`s Food Safety Commission
said in a statement.
Police have
also destroyed "underground" food production and storage sites, and
arrested around 2,000 suspects, it said, adding that anyone found breaking the law
would be severely punished.
China
pledged to clean up its food industry after milk products tainted with the
industrial chemical melamine -- added to give the appearance of high protein
content -- killed at least six babies and sickened 300,000 in 2008.
In 2009 the
country passed a food safety law to try to allay public concern.
But
authorities have continued to discover bean sprouts laced with cancer-causing
nitrates, steamed buns with banned chemical preservatives, and rice laced with
heavy metals, prompting the latest crackdown.
Editor: Priyambodo RH
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