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impala454
post Jul 10 2007, 01:04 PM
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/19686498/?GT1=10150
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BEIJING - China executed a former director of its food and drug agency Tuesday for approving fake medicine in exchange for cash, illustrating how serious Beijing is about tackling product safety

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During Zheng Xiaoyu’s tenure as head of the State Food and Drug Administration from 1997 to 2006, the agency approved six untested drugs that turned out to be fake, and some drug-makers used falsified documents to apply for approvals, according to state media reports. One antibiotic caused the deaths of at least 10 people.

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dauss
post Jul 11 2007, 06:40 PM
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Good. China is sucking right now. They should have a notice of the country of origin the product is from, on everything. Fake drugs, tainted petfood, contaminated seafood and shellfish, childrens toy painted with lead paint, poisonous toothpaste, faulty tires, this is a lot of dangerous crap.


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post Jul 12 2007, 12:16 PM
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QUOTE (dauss @ Jul 11 2007, 07:40 PM) *
Good. China is sucking right now. They should have a notice of the country of origin the product is from, on everything. Fake drugs, tainted petfood, contaminated seafood and shellfish, childrens toy painted with lead paint, poisonous toothpaste, faulty tires, this is a lot of dangerous crap.

And steamed buns made of 60% cardboard! http://www.cnn.com/2007/WORLD/asiapcf/07/1...d.ap/index.html

I was reminded of the "Space Meat" from Invader Zim upon reading the article...


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