Frozen meat found to contain illegal drug
By Lu Feiran |
March 21, 2011, Monday
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A BANNED drug has been found in Shuanghui frozen meat, Henan Province food authorities said over the weekend.
A recent inspection on 46 frozen meat samples from stores in Jiyuan City found six samples contained clenbuterol. Results from another six samples are awaited. The rest were all clear, according to a report on China Central Television at the weekend.
Meanwhile, all the Shuanghui frozen meat on the Jiyuan market, adding up to more than 1,877 kilograms, has been sealed.
Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co Ltd has been ordered to stop all production and sales.
Earlier last week, CCTV reported the banned drug was being fed to pigs as a matter of course in Henan as farmers sought to produce leaner pork.
Jiyuan Shuanghui Food, a Henan subsidiary of the Shuanghui Group, was found to be slaughtering pigs fed the banned drug.
After a CCTV program exposed nine farms feeding the drug to their pigs, the province launched tests and found live pigs and feed contaminated with the drug.
Some 32 people have been detained in the case, CCTV reported.
Shuanghui Group has sacked four senior executives over the scandal. The group dismissed the officials of subsidiary Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co, including the general manager.
Shuanghui products are hard to find in Shanghai. Although city authorities hadn't order them removed from shelves, many stores have decided not to sell them.
A recent inspection on 46 frozen meat samples from stores in Jiyuan City found six samples contained clenbuterol. Results from another six samples are awaited. The rest were all clear, according to a report on China Central Television at the weekend.
Meanwhile, all the Shuanghui frozen meat on the Jiyuan market, adding up to more than 1,877 kilograms, has been sealed.
Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co Ltd has been ordered to stop all production and sales.
Earlier last week, CCTV reported the banned drug was being fed to pigs as a matter of course in Henan as farmers sought to produce leaner pork.
Jiyuan Shuanghui Food, a Henan subsidiary of the Shuanghui Group, was found to be slaughtering pigs fed the banned drug.
After a CCTV program exposed nine farms feeding the drug to their pigs, the province launched tests and found live pigs and feed contaminated with the drug.
Some 32 people have been detained in the case, CCTV reported.
Shuanghui Group has sacked four senior executives over the scandal. The group dismissed the officials of subsidiary Jiyuan Shuanghui Food Co, including the general manager.
Shuanghui products are hard to find in Shanghai. Although city authorities hadn't order them removed from shelves, many stores have decided not to sell them.
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