Society

Agency rushes to stop unhealthy practices

By Zuo Likun (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-03-19 10:29
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The State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA), China's food safety watchdog agency, has issued two emergency notices to its bureaus nationwide to crack down on the use of swill-cooked oil and disposable chopsticks, both highly unhealthy products.

The urgent circulars, posted on the agency's website on Thursday, followed recent news reports that these practices, for long a lightning rod for the watchdog's dragnet, remain a perennial headache.