date:Mar 04, 2013
, according to a statement by the Shanghai government in December.
China has been the focus of a number of food safety incidents in recent months and years. Here are just a few of the most high-profile incidents:
-- In 2008, one of the biggest scandals occurred when melamine, an industrial chemical, made its way into dairy products, killing at least six babies and making 300,000 people sick. This scandal was kept under wraps by Chinese authorities for months to avoid embarrassment ahead of the