Dozens are held over injection of water into cattle before slaughter

Twenty-nine suspects were arrested and 20 of them were held in criminal detention for manufacturing and selling water-injected beef, local police in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, said on Wednesday.

Law enforcement officers are still tracking and recovering water-injected beef that has entered the market, according to the Nanjing public security bureau.

Local residents reported to the media in August that some of the beef being sold at Runheng meat and frozen food markets was cheaper than other markets, and suspected that it was water-injected. Jiangsu Broadcasting Corp then sent reporters, who spent three months investigating. It said they confirmed that the cattle were brutally treated before being slaughtered.