330 Tons of Frozen, Expired Meat Seized in Yunnan

330 Tons of Frozen, Expired Meat Seized in Yunnan
Jul 01, 2015 By eChinacities.com

A shipment of 330 tons of frozen meat was seized in Yunnan province’s Lancang county and turned over for inspection a few days ago. The shipment was being transported by a total of 11 trucks and was worth over 5 million RMB.

The frozen food items were mainly beef, cow stomach, chicken feet, and pig feet. The shipment also included seafood items such as salmon and cod. Much of the stock had expired past its quality guarantee date and many of the items were discolored and shaped unnaturally.

The food items were en route straight for sale in Kunming but were seized when it was realized that they did not have any clear legal certifications or paperwork on their origins, or even a border entry date for that matter. 

The discovery of outdated food is worrisome enough for food safety in China, however, something even more terrible than this foul meat was made known: Frozen food dating back from World War II has been smuggled in before.

Source: news.qq.com

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Keywords: Chinese food safety Yunnan frozen food smuggling

7 Comments

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Guest2781358

Yeah, sticking to the places where I can see them killing the animals behind the store, fresher and safer

Jul 02, 2015 02:20 Report Abuse

Guest2368048

Meanwhile 330,000 tons had gone undetected into the market and sold to the public, wrapped in toxic plastic www.echinacities.com/news/Exposed-70-of-Plastic-Wrap-in-Supermarkets-Contains-Toxic-Plasticizer

Jul 02, 2015 00:11 Report Abuse

Quinn68

China has turned me into a vegetarian.

Jul 01, 2015 22:00 Report Abuse

jetfire9000

I am not sure who was selling the meat, but the fact that people on this end were willing to by it and resell it is either just as bad or worse.

Jul 01, 2015 19:18 Report Abuse

SwedKiwi1

No big surprises there. Food standards in China just keep dropping lower on an almost daily basis. But how could food from WWII even be sold in the first place?!

Jul 01, 2015 19:12 Report Abuse