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Tags: China executes former drug and food safety boss
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A severe warning about corruption in china after a serie of health scandals, the country's former drug and food safety chief has been executed for taking hundreds of thousands of euros worth of bribes. It is the first time since 2000 that china has sentenced to death such a high ranking official.
Prosecutors say 8 companies were involved in the bribing scandal they say a hundred and 70 thousand drug making licenses approved during Zheng Xiaoyu’s time in office offers are now be in reviews.
The scandal come to light after numerous health alerts including the death of eleven people last year after receiving injections. An antibiotic also had to be taken off the market because of its harmful side effects.
in 2004 13 babies died of malnutrition after being fed powder milk, that lack of vital ingredients. the scandals have shattered confidence and drug companies within china but there also has been fallout overseas.
In March this year, US authorities discovered that Wheat gluten and pet food, contained the chemical normally used in fertilizers and plastics. They quickly trace the Wheat gluten back to a company in china. Numerous products were immediately taken off the shelves.
Experts link the products to the deaths of 16 pets, but said that hundreds or even thousands of animals could have been effectors.
Another worrying case affected costa rica, panama and the dominican republic May of this year. Toothpaste from china was found to contain a chemical commonly used in anti freeze and brake fluids.
Unremitting but it does have a problem with fake or shorty products china has promised to do all they can to improve food and drug safety. Today’s execution are seen as a clear warning to officials who are breaking new regulations.