Contaminated Egg Scandal Highlights Deep-Rooted Food Safety Issues in China

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Chinese eggs on shop shelves in Hong Kong, in a file image. The Epoch TimesA local market watchdog in China’s eastern Shandong Province reported in late May a serious food safety issue involving a state-owned enterprise selling eggs containing veterinary drug residues far above the national threshold.According to China Food Safety Network, a state-owned mouthpiece on food security in China, egg samples from Yantai Phoenix Digital Industry Development Group Company were found to have sulfonamide residues 69 times above the national food safety threshold. 

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