date:Mar 20, 2013
are then shipped to large cities for packaging.
For example, there are seven or eight chopstick plants in Daxing district, Beijing, all in charge of packaging. Because the chopsticks go through so many intermediate sellers, even the chopstick plant owners cannot specify the origin of their products, Dong said.
In 2010, Chinese media exposed the chaotic management of chopstick production. The State Food and Drug Administration published a notice asking local administrations to strengthen invest