China Arrests 774 in Crackdown on Food and Drugs
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Government regulators said the suspects were detained during nationwide inspections of restaurants, food and drug production facilities and food markets.
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China has set up a top-level task force to clamp down on illegal activities in the securities market, a government report said on Sunday.
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Responding to growing international concerns about tainted food and counterfeit drugs, China has disclosed that it is overhauling its food- and drug-safety regulations and will introduce nationwide inspections.
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A man who killed eight students and injured four others was seized at 4 pm Friday by local police in Ruzhou, a city in central China&#39;s Henan Province.
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China is stepping up enforcement against unlicensed food vendors and plans to upgrade quality standards on thousands of food and consumer products by year's end, officials said Tuesday.
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U.S. agents arrested about 195 people in more than a dozen states in a crackdown on illegal immigrants involving a maintenance business for theme restaurants like Hard Rock Cafe, officials said on Thursday.
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Chinese police say they have shut seven illegal "underground banks" accused of money laundering.
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China is tightening application procedures for firms seeking to manufacture drugs, state media reported on Monday, following a rash of scandals over fake medicines and corruption in the industry.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. &#151; Federal authorities announced the largest crackdown on illegal steroids in the nation's history Monday, arresting more than 120 people and raiding dozens of labs that manufactured growth hormone for sale on the black market.
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Chinese police detain three top executives at milk giant Yili, with reports suggesting that they are being investigated for embezzlement.
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Chinese police have seized about 6,000 illegal firearms and tons of explosives in a two-month crackdown across three provinces, the government said Tuesday.
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China's food and drug agency announced stricter rules Wednesday for approving new drugs, a day after its former head was executed for accepting bribes to approve untested medicine. The government also ordered small, loosely regulated food producers to clean up their act.
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China is to review tens of thousands of drug licences as part of an investigation into a corruption scandal.
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BEIJING -- In the fall, U.S. authorities announced a massive raid against underground suppliers of steroids, human growth hormone and other performance-enhancing drugs. Investigators had cast their net wide, arresting 124 people in 27 states.
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Police and paramilitary troops were last night guarding villages in central China where ethnic riots involving thousands of people led to at least seven deaths and scores of injuries.
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China closes three firms and arrests several people involved in high-profile food and drug scandals.
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China has detained two prominent intellectuals in what appears to be a renewed crackdown on dissent by authorities, family members and sources said.