16.nov.06
Reuters
Benjamin Kang Lim
BEIJING - A northeast China food processor polished up and sold tonnes of rice, some of it 17 years old that could be harmful if eaten, Chinese state media reported in the latest in a wave of scandals over tainted and counterfeit foods.
State-run China Central Television was cited as accusing Wanshunhua Feed Co. Ltd. in Changchun of processing and selling 28,000 tonnes of husked rice this year for human consumption when it was fit only for animals.
Most of the rice was put in storage before 2000 and some as far back as 1989, the network's online edition (www.cctv.com) and the Beijing Morning News said on Thursday, adding that consumption was hazardous to human health.
Changchun is the capital of northeastern Jilin province.