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Complaints about food, medicine increase

Public complaints about food and medicine hit 770,000 last year in China, an increase of 36.94 percent over the previous year, according to figures released by the complaint center of the China Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. The complaints were mainly about production or operation without a license, selling substandard or fake products, fraudulent advertising and irregular labeling. Complaints were especially common against those selling online or via WeChat and other mobile phone applications.