Official ignored use of banned lean meat drug
By Li Qian |
February 3, 2012, Friday
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A FORMER husbandry official in central China's Henan Province who turned a blind eye to the use of a banned drug by pig raisers has been jailed for seven years for dereliction of duty and embezzlement.
Liu Jinchun, former department chief of the Jiaxian County agriculture and husbandry bureau, was convicted of forging test reports and siphoning off 70,000 yuan (US$11,109) from subsidies to raisers, the Jiaxian County People's Court said.
Liu asked raisers to prepare clean pig urine samples ahead of checks by provincial authorities. He also issued quality passes to raisers without supervision, yesterday's Legal Daily reported.
Officials told the court that Liu's department would test pig urine samples before the checks to ensure they were clean. "We sealed the samples in the fridges and heated them when provincial investigators came," they said.
Despite the fact that Henan had repeatedly ordered local authorities to strictly monitor banned chemicals in pig feed, there wasn't a quality investigation department in the Jiaxian bureau, Liu said.
"The records of the daily feeds and drugs are incomplete and bogus. We never checked the raisers and we ignored their illegal behaviors. We just polished the records to deal with the officials from the provincial authorities," Liu told the court.
Henan producers gained infamy for adding a banned drug to promote lean pork when China's largest meat processor, Shuanghui Group, sacked four senior executives last March.
Three provincial animal husbandry heads were suspended and nearly 30 other officials punished following pigs testing positive for clenbuterol, a chemical poisonous to humans.
Clenbuterol is banned in China yet continues to appear in the food chain, laced into animal feed by farmers eager to increase profits.
Liu Jinchun, former department chief of the Jiaxian County agriculture and husbandry bureau, was convicted of forging test reports and siphoning off 70,000 yuan (US$11,109) from subsidies to raisers, the Jiaxian County People's Court said.
Liu asked raisers to prepare clean pig urine samples ahead of checks by provincial authorities. He also issued quality passes to raisers without supervision, yesterday's Legal Daily reported.
Officials told the court that Liu's department would test pig urine samples before the checks to ensure they were clean. "We sealed the samples in the fridges and heated them when provincial investigators came," they said.
Despite the fact that Henan had repeatedly ordered local authorities to strictly monitor banned chemicals in pig feed, there wasn't a quality investigation department in the Jiaxian bureau, Liu said.
"The records of the daily feeds and drugs are incomplete and bogus. We never checked the raisers and we ignored their illegal behaviors. We just polished the records to deal with the officials from the provincial authorities," Liu told the court.
Henan producers gained infamy for adding a banned drug to promote lean pork when China's largest meat processor, Shuanghui Group, sacked four senior executives last March.
Three provincial animal husbandry heads were suspended and nearly 30 other officials punished following pigs testing positive for clenbuterol, a chemical poisonous to humans.
Clenbuterol is banned in China yet continues to appear in the food chain, laced into animal feed by farmers eager to increase profits.
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