Loose monitoring leads to illegal food

SHANGHAI - Loose regulations and monitoring have led to the rampant production and sales of illegal food and drugs, officers with Shanghai High People's Court said on Monday.

As many as 53 cases involving illegal production and sales of fake and harmful food and drugs have been concluded in Shanghai since 2008, with 117 people penalized.

In some cases, when quality monitors went to check food and drug production, they did not go to check the production line. Instead, they waited for staff members of the factory to deliver samples.