China is taking action against the recent discoveries of tainted food and other exports. From the New York Times:
The Chinese government said today that it had arrested 774 people over the past two months as part of a nationwide crackdown on the production and sale of tainted food, drugs and agricultural products.
Government regulators hailed the arrests as a major step forward for food and drug safety, and said the “criminal suspects” were detained during nationwide inspections of thousands of restaurants, food and drug production facilities and wholesale food markets.
…In a separate announcement today, China’s Ministry of Agriculture said that it was revoking the registration of 11 highly toxic pesticides because of food safety concerns.
In several cases, the pesticides were banned from use in China, but were nonetheless manufactured in the country for export. Government regulators said they were worried that the banned pesticides were finding their way back into the Chinese market.
…The government has called this a “special battle” to save the Made in China label. [Full text]