Authorities seize poisonous salt
By Yang Wanli | China Daily | Updated: 2010-03-16 07:55
About 2.5 tons of industrial salt, which some people may have been trying to sell as table salt, was seized by the Beijing mercantile enforcement supervision office recently according to Beijing Times. An official from the office refused to reveal any details about the incident.
The seized industrial salt was in packages bearing the brand of the Beijing Salt Industry Corporation. A kilogram package of the seized salt was reportedly selling for 1.5 yuan, half the usual market price.
"Our company stopped producing one-kilogram packages of salt in May 2008 but some unscrupulous sellers still use our old packaging for industrial salt," said an employee surnamed Shi from the Beijing Salt Industry Corporation.
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