As I mentioned before, the China-way of fixing things – scapegoat a coupla’ people and leave the rot.
Excerpt from the Washington Post:
Since then, Chinese authorities have fired several municipal and provincial officials and forced the resignation of the head of its General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, who, during last year’s food and product safety scandal, said that foreign companies needed to do a better job of testing products made in China.
Premier Wen Jiabao has apologized for the tainted-milk scandal, but he has also insisted that China does not “cover up.”
Folks from China I’ve talked to blame the few unethical businessmen. They believe this is a case of a few bad apples not related to the government or the majority of the good businessmen. I doubt that’s the case though. The government took almost a year to warn people and force any action on the businesses to recall the tainted products.
No cover up, oh weawy?
Shijiazhuang is home to Sanlu Dairy Co., the 50-year-old company that health officials say covered up the problem when complaints first started coming in from parents of sick children last December. Local doctors also issued warnings that went unheeded until a journalist posted Sanlu’s name online at a Chinese social portal Sept. 11.
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