Extreme Food Safety Penalty/Penalties in China ?...



Zheng Xiaoyu (the former head of The State of China Food and Drug Administration) has reportedly been executed for his role in bribe-taking (and other food and drug related activities) which have been giving us fits and starts here at The Handbook. We regret that China has had to take such extreme measures to punish those responsible for the crimes, but we are pleased that their government has taken the steps needed to resolve some of the problems we've been reporting on. We think it reflects well on China's attitude and determination to "beef up" and improve upon their food and drug safety standards.


For more see: China executes ex-food and drug chief and China executes ex-head of food and drug agency.


We didn't intend to report on this over today's "Super Tuesday" primaries, but we hope to get back to today's big stories by tomorrow.