Six jailed in China for selling tainted bean sprouts
August 13th, 2011 - 5:18 pm ICT by IANSBeijing, Aug 13 (IANS) Six people in China’s Liaoning province have been given jail terms for producing and selling bean sprouts that were grown using a toxic fertilizer.
Ruan Wenming, Li Hongwei, Guo Juan and Yang Jun were sentenced to two years in prison and fined 10,000 yuan ($1,565) each, according to a verdict from the People’s Court of Shenyang’s economic development zone.
In another case, the Huanggu District People’s Court in Shenyang sentenced Wang Changzhi to 10 months in prison and Chen Yanling to six months in prison. Wang and Chen were also fined 20,000 yuan each, reported Xinhua.
The six were found guilty of applying urea and enrofloxacin to their bean sprouts to increase their output, according to the verdicts.
Urea is a toxic chemical compound that is sometimes used in fertilizers, while enrofloxacin is an antibiotic. Both are banned for agricultural use in China.
- China mine safety official gets life for bribe - Nov 18, 2010
- Ex-cop and brother jailed for running mafia in China - Jan 21, 2012
- Former Chinese soccer chief goes on trial for graft - Apr 25, 2012
- Pub owner in China jailed for gay shows - Sep 03, 2011
- Nine jailed for selling rotten ducks in China - Nov 10, 2011
- Former Taiwan leader gets jail term for corruption - Dec 06, 2010
- Chinese patient jailed for hospital stabbing - Apr 21, 2012
- China jails American geologist for eight years for stealing state secrets - Jul 05, 2010
- Chinese official jailed for corruption - Aug 26, 2009
- 20 Vietnamese women disappear after marriage in China - May 11, 2010
- Mubarak aide gets seven years in prison - May 28, 2012
- Man jailed for online gambling in China - Jul 22, 2010
- Five jailed for duping Chinese civil service candidate - Apr 26, 2012
- China Agrees to Retry Farmer Given Life for Toll Evasion - Jan 15, 2011
- Indian man robbed in China - Apr 26, 2011
Tags: 10 months, antibiotic, bean sprouts, beijing, chemical compound, china, economic development zone, enrofloxacin, fertilizer, fertilizers, guo juan, jail terms, liaoning province, shenyang, six months, toxic chemical, urea, xinhua, yang jun, yuan