Regulators in China have decided to crack down on food safety violators. Since last month, Chinese police have seized 350 suspects involved in 120 food-related criminal cases. With the Chinese Lunar New Year beginning February 10, and the many celebrations surrounding it, the ministry has focused its efforts on the quality of cooking oil, meat and other food items that find a place on many revelers plates in the holiday season.
According to Chinese Radio International, “the police destroyed more than 220 underground food workshops during the crackdown” and it has organized inspections in supermarkets, food exhibitions, tourist sites and food companies to continue throughout the year. Officials have even gone so far as to offer rewards of up to 300,000 yuan (,200) to people who report on others who violate food safety laws.
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China has long been in the spotlight for food offenses. The 2008 melamine-in-milk incident resulted in the death of six children.
And in mid-December, KFC came under fire for allegedly supplying stores with chicken containing excess amounts of antiviral drugs and hormones used to accelerate growth.
But these are merely two examples of many and it remains to be seen if the Chinese ministry can get a hold on food safety in a country of 1.3 billion.