Beijing, 24 feb ( EFE).-the authorities Chinese intensify measures against those who marketed “ oil sewer“, as it is known the reused after several uses and from the kitchens of the restaurants, and in cases of extreme gravity could be sentenced to the death penalty, said today the china.org website.
“The courts should be considered suspects aware of crime, the amount of money involved, and the damage to the public and to the market.” “For those who deserve it, you must apply the death penalty”, said an official statement quoted by the official news portal.
In addition, severe punishment should apply to officials who fail in their duty to ensure the safety of safe vegetable oils, added the statement supported by the Supreme Court of China and the Supreme Office of the Ministry of public security.
Those suspected of being involved in reused oil cases will be investigated by passive crime, according to the Ordinances on the production of food products that harm the health of the public.
According to official figures, Beijing processed about 360 tons of oil which are 60 tons of waste, a situation similar to Tianjin and Hebei.
From August 2011, Chinese police dismantled a network of 100 manufacturers of adulterated oil and arrested, in a special campaign to 800 people suspected of being involved in 135 cases.
In recent years, various food counterfeiting caused fatalities in China as when in 2008 dozens dairy firms it contaminated with the toxic chemical melamine infant milk and which affect 300,000 babies who died 6.
Today, the official Xinhua Agency published more than 50 students in the southern province of Hainan were transferred to a local hospital with vomiting, fever and dizziness after eating school lunch.
Of those affected, three remain hospitalized and others remain under medical supervision. EFE
