Drink maker cries foul over toxic tests
SHANGHAI: Beverage producer Nongfu Spring, which had two of its products implicated in a recent arsenic scandal, questioned the original samples drawn for quality tests by authorities, saying the episode was manipulated.
"Even if the final test was accurate, it was absent of legitimacy I've no idea where the sample products came from," said Zhong Shanshan, chairman of Nongfu Spring, clamoring for legislation on inspection and testing institutions in an interview with Xinhua News Agency.
Haikou's Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau on Dec 1 recalled its previous statement of toxic arsenic contamination in fruit juice products made by Nongfu Spring and Taiwan-based Uni-President after a re-test conducted by the testing center of the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine confirmed these products were safe for consumption.
