774 arrests in CHINA over safety - (New York Times)
October 30, 2007 – 3:10 pmShanghai — The Chinese government was cited as revealing today that it had arrested 774 people over the last two months as part of a nationwide crackdown on the production and sale of tainted food, drugs and agricultural products.
Government regulators hailed the arrests as a major step forward for food and drug safety, and said the criminal suspects were detained during nationwide inspections of thousands of restaurants, food and drug production plants and wholesale food markets.
But, the story notes, the government also acknowledged today that problems remain. In its announcement, it said that this month only 82 percent of food tested in medium and large cities in China met safety standards, and nearly 30 percent of the restaurants surveyed by regulators had failed food safety inspections.
The announcement of the arrests, which was made over the weekend but was not posted on a government Web site until today, offered few details […]
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