Restaurants busted for poppy seasoning

Thirty-five restaurants selling popular dishes and snacks were found to have used opium poppies as a seasoning, China's top food safety regulator said on Thursday.

Owners of 25 of the restaurants have been transferred to public security departments for criminal investigation, the China Food and Drug Administration said. The other 10 are under investigation by the administration.

The restaurants include some that are locally famous, including Huda Restaurant in Beijing, which specializes in spicy crayfish.