The tainted pork meat scandal has hit close to home with the arrest of ten people, including four government employees and six butchers, in Nanjing on 15th June.
Nanjing city procuratorate revealed that the government staff, including three officials, were representatives of Jianye District trade bureau, health inspection station and veterinary station. All were accused of neglect of duty. The six butchers, all from Xingwang Slaughterhouse, were accused of selling poisonous food, having knowingly participated in feeding chemical additives to the livestock and in the sale of the involved animals.
Tainted pork has become the latest food safety scandal to shock China after a March television expos