China Strengthens Examination on Meat ProductsAnyone producing and marketing inferior meat products will be severely punished, according to an emergency notice issued Wednesday by the Ministry of Health.Eating meat and meat products from animals which died from unknown causes or which did not pass quarantine tests or which came from countries with epidemics can seriously harm people's health. A thorough examination of meat products, initiated by the ministry, is going on at all meat producing and marketing sites. The examination, which focus on packing houses and freezers to see whether they are storing, producing and marketing unqualified meat products, will last until the end of the month, Thursday's China Daily reported. All "unqualified" meat found during the examination will be sealed and destroyed as soon as possible. The ministry has told its branches to enhance supervision efforts in producing, quarantine, marketing and other activities during the processing of meat. Meanwhile, efforts will be made to prevent unqualified meat found during the examination from being marketed again, and various government departments such as public security and customs are being called on to work together to fight against this kind of criminal activity, according to the newspaper. |
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