Tougher penalties required against illegal food additives
By Zhou Wenting in Shanghai | China Daily | Updated: 2012-03-26 08:07
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A woman being treated at a hospital in Fuyang, Anhui province, on Sunday. Twenty-three people developed symptoms of nitrite poisoning after eating at a fast food restaurant on Saturday. The restaurant was closed after the incident. Jing Wen / for China Daily |
Tough penalties will be used to end entrenched abuses in the catering industry, such as the use of poppy capsules, a major source of many opiates, and industrial coloring agents, according to the top food administrator.
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