{"id":103189,"date":"2014-08-26T15:24:36","date_gmt":"2014-08-26T11:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/?p=103189"},"modified":"2014-08-26T15:25:36","modified_gmt":"2014-08-26T11:25:36","slug":"china-seizes-30000-tons-of-chicken-feet-tainted-by-hydrogen-peroxide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/en\/?p=103189","title":{"rendered":"China seizes 30,000 tons of chicken feet tainted by hydrogen peroxide"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/chicken-feet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-103188\" src=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/chicken-feet.jpg\" alt=\"\u0570\u0561\u057e\u056b \u057f\u0578\u057f\u056b\u056f\u0576\u0565\u0580\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/chicken-feet.jpg 640w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/chicken-feet-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/chicken-feet-500x281.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>In the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China, authorities have seized over 30,000 tons of chicken feet contaminated with hydrogen peroxide, according to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.china.org.cn\/china\/2014-08\/25\/content_33338027.htm\">state media<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty eight people have been arrested on charges of producing the tainted items, while 11 suspects remain at large.<\/p>\n<p>The chemical, which causes vomiting and other stomach problems if consumed, may have been used to give the chicken feet a whiter, cleaner appearance.<\/p>\n<p>A report by official news agency Xinhua said the tainted items were first discovered in Yongjia County in Zhejiang, eastern China. A subsequent investigation revealed hydrogen peroxide was being used in nine factories in Jiangsu, Anhui, Henan, and Guangdong, affecting several well-known brands of chicken feet sold in stores.<\/p>\n<p>Chicken feet are popular in China, where they are often available as a packaged snack. However, this is not the first time the item has found itself at the center of a safety scare.<\/p>\n<p>In July 2013, police confiscated 20 tons of <a href=\"http:\/\/news.xinhuanet.com\/english\/china\/2013-07\/10\/c_132529890.htm\">badly expired chicken feet<\/a> from a frozen meat warehouse \u2014 some of the feet were reportedly 46 years old.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the latest stomach-churning food scandal to hit China, authorities have seized over 30,000 tons&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":103188,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"image","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,224],"tags":[13769,1306],"class_list":["post-103189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-image","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-health","category-news","tag-chicken-feet","tag-china-2","post_format-post-format-image"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=103189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/103189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/103188"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=103189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=103189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive2.ankakh.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=103189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}