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China Drug Official Given Death Sentence

Friday, July 06, 2007 6:48:58 AM
By AUDRA ANG

 A Chinese woman and a dog walks out from a home factory processing flour products in Xiamen, China, Friday, June 22, 2007. The world's most populous country is awash in such tiny mom and pop operations. Chinese authorities announced last month that they had closed 180 food factories since December after inspectors found formaldehyde, illegal dyes and industrial wax being used to make candy, pickles, crackers and seafood.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)BEIJING (AP) - A former department head at China's drug regulation agency was sentenced to death Friday on bribery charges, as U.S. regulators ordered a recall of three more Chinese-made products deemed dangerous to children.

The developments were the latest in widening concerns about the safety of Chinese goods both at home and abroad.

Cao Wenzhuang, a department director at the State Food and Drug Administration, was given the death sentence with a two-year reprieve on charges of accepting bribes and neglecting official duties, said his lawyer, Gao Zicheng.


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