China announced a food industry clean-up on Wednesday after exports of a contaminated ingredient in pet food drew global attention to insufficient product controls.

China has pledged a crackdown on its tainted food and drug industry that has caused global concern.

China announced a food industry clean-up after exports of a contaminated ingredient in pet food drew global attention to insufficient controls on products barrelling out of its vibrant economy.

BEIJING/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China announced a food industry clean-up on Wednesday after exports of a contaminated ingredient in pet food drew global attention to insufficient controls on products barreling out of its vibrant economy.

China launched a food and drug safety crackdown on Wednesday, following an announcement that authorities detained managers from two companies linked to contaminated pet food that killed dogs and cats in North America.

Source: Reuters (Corrects paragraph 21 to “Food and Drug Administration”, not “Food and Agriculture department”) (Adds beginning of Chinese investigation into melamine use in paragraphs 3 and 12 …

China will launch a food industry clean up after exports of a contaminated ingredient in pet food drew global attention to its insufficient controls.

China will launch a food industry clean up after exports of a contaminated ingredient in pet food drew global attention to its insufficient controls.

Source: Reuters May 9 (Reuters) - China has pledged to launch a nationwide cleanup of its food industry to ensure safety. The announcement comes as two Chinese companies were found to have illegally exported …

Source: Reuters By Niu Shuping and Nao Nakanishi BEIJING/HONG KONG, May 9 (Reuters) - China will launch a food industry clean up after exports of a contaminated ingredient in pet food drew global attention to its …