Counterfeiters of popular TCM remedy detained

36 people caught by Shanghai police for producing, selling fake ejiao

Shanghai's food and drug watchdog and the municipal police recently cracked a major case of producing and selling counterfeit ejiao, a gelatin made of donkey hides, while falsely using a famous brand name.

Altogether 36 suspects from Shanghai and the provinces of Henan and Guangdong were detained in the case, and more than 8,000 bootleg products worth 40 million yuan ($6.3 million) were confiscated.