China sentences 113 in tainted pork scandal
More than 100 people, including over a dozen Chinese government employees, have been sentenced over chemical-laced pork that caused a food safety scandal earlier this year, state media said Saturday. One person was given the death penalty.
An investigation into the safety of pork was launched in March after several farms in central Henan province were found using the fat-burning drug clenbuterol, a banned chemical that makes pork leaner but can be harmful to humans, in pig feed. A subsidiary of Shuanghui Group, China's largest meat processor, was one company selling tainted pork. (AP)
