Thousand held in pig drug bust
Source: Xinhua |
August 30, 2011, Tuesday
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AUTHORITIES have arrested nearly 1,000 people over the past six months as part of a national crackdown on the manufacture and sale of clenbuterol, an illegal fat-burning drug that is sometimes used as an additive in pig feed, a public security official said yesterday.
According to Xu Hu, a senior official of the Ministry of Public Security, police broke a criminal ring involved in making and selling clenbuterol in 63 cities.
Police seized 2.5 metric tons of clenbuterol and closed six illegal laboratories, 12 production lines, 19 processing and storage sites and 32 "underground" factories, Xu said.
Authorities launched a food safety campaign in March this year, with a focus on clenbuterol. About 2,000 police officers in the provinces of Hunan, Sichuan, Hubei and Henan, as well as Tianjin Municipality, participated in the latest operation.
Farmers sometimes use clenbuterol, a toxic chemical banned as a food additive in China, to make their pigs leaner.
According to Xu Hu, a senior official of the Ministry of Public Security, police broke a criminal ring involved in making and selling clenbuterol in 63 cities.
Police seized 2.5 metric tons of clenbuterol and closed six illegal laboratories, 12 production lines, 19 processing and storage sites and 32 "underground" factories, Xu said.
Authorities launched a food safety campaign in March this year, with a focus on clenbuterol. About 2,000 police officers in the provinces of Hunan, Sichuan, Hubei and Henan, as well as Tianjin Municipality, participated in the latest operation.
Farmers sometimes use clenbuterol, a toxic chemical banned as a food additive in China, to make their pigs leaner.
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