China admits toxic chemical scandal

On May 8, the Beijing government at the same time acknowledged the role of Chinese companies in two major food and health safety scandals that caused a stir around the world, after days of silence or loud voices. give up the allegations.

The Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs only said that ' a Chinese company ' has counterfeited glycerine (found in drugs, cosmetics .) with diethylene glycon, and said the chemical company has no paper. medicine production license. But before that, the investigative report of the US daily The New York Times named the Taixing Glycerine Factory in Hang Wall City. These fake glycerine packages were sold for a Spanish company before going to Panama, killing more than 360 Panamanian consumers last year.

On the same day, the Chinese Quality Control Agency confirmed that Jiangsu's Xuzhou Anying biotech companies (based in Jiangsu Province) and Binzhou Futian (Shandong Province) intentionally exported pet food materials. Infection with melamine causes cancer and rat poison to the US and South Africa, leading to a " pet food crisis " that kills more than 8,000 dogs and cats in the US, Europe and South Africa. These two companies mislead the export quarantine agency when labeling ' non-food products ' on imported packages. Leaders of both companies were arrested.

The dead body died on a canal in Trieu Khanh
(Photo: Reuters)

Also on May 8, the Chinese Ministry of Agriculture asked national pig farms to vaccinate against diseases. The decision came after Hong Kong media reported more than 300 pigs in Guangdong province died within the past ten days because of high fever and bleeding.

Some Hong Kong newspapers affirmed that 80% of the 10,000 pigs in Trieu Khanh, Cao Quy and Van Thu districts (all in Guangdong) died. Local people are currently selling off sick pigs and throwing dead carcasses into the river. Beijing has now banned the transport of pigs from Guangdong to the provinces.

HIEU TRUNG