Quality Control
I’ve always thought the Chicom were a little overreactive. But a little of this could go a long way:
BEIJING - China executed the former head of its food and drug watchdog on Tuesday for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product safety crisis.
Dead serious.
The execution of former State Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu was confirmed by state television and the official Xinhua News Agency.
During Zheng’s tenure from 1998 to 2005, his agency approved six medicines that turned out to be fake, and the drug-makers used falsified documents to apply for approvals, according to previous state media reports. One antibiotic caused the deaths of at least 10 people.
This is in the tradition of commie show trials designed more for appearances’ sake. In this case they are trying to convince us they are in fact civilized and can maintain modern safety standards, because offing consumers is bad for business. If they were serious about ridding themselves of corrupt killers, they’d need to hang … pretty much the entire government and People’s Liberation Army leadership and management of related corporations. Not a bad idea.
Topics: China
Posted by Jules Crittenden at 10:34 am on Tuesday, July 10, 2007
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July 10th, 2007 at 11:45 pm
just goes to show poor food safety WILL kill you