{"id":17980,"date":"2008-03-03T12:07:50","date_gmt":"2008-03-03T19:07:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/03\/china-reports-big-rise-in-food-poisoning-deaths\/"},"modified":"2008-03-03T22:01:38","modified_gmt":"2008-03-04T05:01:38","slug":"china-reports-big-rise-in-food-poisoning-deaths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2008\/03\/china-reports-big-rise-in-food-poisoning-deaths\/","title":{"rendered":"China Reports Big Rise in Food-Poisoning Deaths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Deaths caused by food-poisoning in China increased by almost a third last year though the overall number of incidents dropped, according to the Health Ministry. The report comes as China continues to battle a series of scandals over product quality control&#8211;from contaminated medicines to tainted dumplings and pet feed.   <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/healthNews\/idUSPEK1127320080303?feedType=RSS&feedName=healthNews&rpc=22&sp=true\">Reuters<\/a> reports: <\/p>\n<blockquote><p>A total of 258 people died from food poisoning last year, up a little under 32 percent on 2006, the ministry-published Health News said.<\/p>\n<p>There were also 11 cases in which more than 100 people fell ill from food poisoning, but a fall of just over a quarter in total incidents, it added.<\/p>\n<p>In all, 13,280 people fell sick, the report said. <\/p>\n<p>While providing no explanation for the figures, it said that most cases happened in the third quarter of the year.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deaths caused by food-poisoning in China increased by almost a third last year though the overall number of incidents dropped, according to the Health Ministry. 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