Chinese court sentences the five involved in the clenbuterol problem

Five people from a feed premix company in Fujian province were sentenced by the Intermediate People's Court of Jiaozuo, in Henan province. All were found guilty and the sentences were wide ranging from a death sentence deferred for two years, a life sentence, 15 years , 14 years and a nine year sentence. They were found guilty of "endangering public security by using dangerous means".

The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture banned the use of Phenylethanolamine A, in feed or animal drinking water at the end of last year. It also announced in April that it will cooperate with eight ministries and commissions to launch a one-year crackdown on toxic additives. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Global Miller, published and supported by the GFMT Magazine and the International Milling Directory from Perendale Publishers