Rat Meat Ring Busted in China; One Million Dollars of Rats, Fox, and Mink Posed as Mutton and Lamb[VIDEO]
Chinese police have found meat harvested from rats and foxes sold as lamb and mutton after it was processed with additives. The scandal was raking in millions of dollars and thankfully the rat-meat ring is busted.
The crime ring passed off more than $1 million in rat and small mammal meat as mutton, authorities said.
Authorities have arrested 904 suspects for selling and producing fake or tainted meat products, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement posted on its website.
Despite persistent efforts by police, “food safety crimes are still prominent, and new situations are emerging with new characteristics”, the ministry’s statement said.
Police confiscated more than 20,000 metric tons of fake or inferior meat products after breaking up illegal food plants during the nationwide operation, the ministry said.
This seems to be a trend in China where food busts happen daily.
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