Poor food safety is a major concern in China, where standards are lax and scandals involving tainted products are common. - AFP/Filepic
BEIJING, June 24, 2015 (AFP) - Almost half a billion dollars worth of smuggled frozen meat -- some of it rotting and more than 40 years old -- has been seized in China, reports said Wednesday.
More than 100,000 tonnes of chicken wings, beef and pork worth up to three billion yuan ($483 million) were seized in the nationwide crackdown, the state-run China Daily newspaper said.
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