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7. April 2013: Gutter oil
Twenty people involved in three separate cases are sentenced to jail for manufacturing and selling gutter oil — filthy oil scavenged from restaurant drains and containing dangerous toxins. China Daily reports that Liu Liguo, the ringleader of one group from northern Shandong province, is given a life sentence for selling a staggering $16.2 million worth of gutter oil to food makers, pharmaceutical companies and feed producers between 2007 and 2011.

8. April 2013: Fake honey
Police in Sichuan province uncover a facility manufacturing fake honey from water, sugar, alum powder and coloring, after being alerted by the strong smell of alum. When ingested, alum powder has the potential to cause irregular heartbeat, vomiting, breathlessness and even seizures. Five suspects are arrested after raids on four fake honey production sites. The police also confiscate 1,000 kilograms of counterfeit honey contained in 38 barrels.

9. May 2013: Cadmium-contaminated rice
Rice produced in three mills in central China’s Hunan province is found to be tainted with cadmium — a carcinogenic industrial chemical. Hunan’s metal industry is the culprit, contaminating water supplies used to irrigate farmland. The cadmium-laced rice is found on sale in Guangzhou, China’s booming southern metropolis. Nearly 45 percent of all rice and rice products in the city are contaminated with cadmium, tests show.

10. July 2013: Trans fat in baby milk formula
A laboratory test commissioned by Hong Kong newspaper the South China Morning Post finds that three popular Chinese baby milk powder brands contain between 0.4 to 0.6 grams of trans-fat per 100 grams of formula. The brands are Beingmate’s Baby Club, Synutra’s Super infant formula and Yili’s Gold infant formula. Trans fat increases the risk of coronary heart disease and no more than 0.5 grams should be consumed per serving of food, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. However, the substance, often found in fast food or snack foods, has such serious health risks that it is completely banned or highly regulated in many jurisdictions.

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