August 3, 2007 – China has shuttered three commercial operations that caused food and drug safety problems in the last few months. The Taixing Glycerine Factory mixed its glycerin product with diethylene glycol, a poison, and the mixture found its way into a medication for colds, killing more than 100 people in Panama over the last year. It also was used in toothpaste as a thickening agent. And China revoked the business licenses of two companies, Xuzhou Anying Biotechnology Development Company and the Binzhou Futian Biotechnology Company, which sold contaminated wheat that killed many pets. More details...
