Food safety problems seem to be the biggest scandal in China recently. In April a shocking fact was revealed to the public that some steamed buns sold in large supermarkets in Shanghai were dyed with unidentified chemicals. The news came when people were still alarmed by the reported clenbuterol-tainted pork sold on market. Later cases, such as poisoned steamed buns in Wenzhou, noodles flavored with ink and paraffin in Guangdong province, and toxic bean sprouts in Liaoning province, emerged one by one. People’s nerves were stricken by a spate of food contamination emergencies again and again, as by pounding hands on piano keys.
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