Apr 22
China Watch Blog has learnt that Chinese police have detained 53 people for their roles in the ongoing toxic gelatin scandal, the Ministry of Public Security said.
They also shut 10 gelatin or capsule manufacturers and seized more than 230 tons of industrial gelatin, a top ministry official was quoted saying in a nationwide teleconference as reported by a People’s Daily report.
Deputy Minister Huang Ming said the ministry will continue to monitor cases in Zhejiang, Shandong, Hebei and Jiangxi provinces to determine where toxic gelatin had been sent.
Industrial gelatin manufactured in Hebei Province and supplied to drug capsule producers may also have been used in food, the Beijing Times reported.
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