China cracks down on yet another food scandal

China has arrested more than 110 people suspected of selling pork from carcasses of diseased pigs, and confiscated more than 1,000 tonnes of taintedmeat in its latest crackdown on food safety violations, Reuters reports.

The Ministry of Public Security said the suspectswere part of a network made up of 11 groups who, since 2008, had been buying pigs that had died of illnesses from farms at low prices.

The meat was then sold off to markets in 11 provinces, including Henan and Guangxi, or was processed into bacon or cooking oil for sale. The accused also bribed food supervisory authorities to obtain quarantine certificates, the ministry said.

Seventyfive of the suspects have been prosecuted. Several food quarantine staff are also awaiting prosecution, said the ministry, which had been investigating the network since the end of 2013.

This latest food scandal comes less than six months after Chinese media exposed a Shanghai meat distributor selling expired meat to fast food chains in China, including McDonald's, KFC and Pizza Hut: /contents/07-21-2014/e48d8857-f823-434a-89be-dd63e22e373c-d182.html