China jails 106 people for food safety violation

May 21st, 2011 - 9:25 am ICT by IANS  

Beijing, May 21 (IANS) Courts in China have convicted 106 people over the past eight months in 61 cases involving food safety violation, a statement said.

The cases involved production and sale of poisonous or harmful foodstuff as well of food that failed to meet hygienic standards, Xinhua reported citing the Supreme People’s Court.

The sentence terms for the convicts - which were handed down during September last year to April this year - were all without any chance of reprieve, the statement said.

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