Survey lifts the lid on dangerous toxic lunch boxes

BEIJING - More than 40 percent of companies producing disposable lunch boxes for the Beijing market are supplying inferior and possibly dangerous products, according to a recent survey.

Dong Jinshi, executive vice-president of the International Food Packaging Association, a Hong Kong-based non-government organization, said at a press conference held in the capital on Wednesday that among 17 disposable box manufacturers they probed, only 10 were producing quality products.

The 17 companies are responsible for 80 percent of lunch boxes sold in the city.