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Pork industry urges action over tainted meat

Tainted pork stirs up a storm in Hong Kong
Tainted pork stirs up a storm in Hong Kong Source: Flickr - Duncan Su

Hong Kongs raw pork trading industry urged the government to speed up investigations into the tainted meat scandal to win back the publics trust.They proposed holding up supplies to the market until the government finishes all quarantine checks to ensure food safety.This came after the city's Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man made a public apology on Sunday for the governments failure to stop meat contaminated with drugs getting into Hong Kongs market. These drugs were used for treating asthma.Siu Kam Chan reports.


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Hong Kongs raw pork trading industry urged the government to speed up investigations into the tainted meat scandal to win back the publics trust.They proposed holding up supplies to the market until the government finishes all quarantine checks to ensure food safety.This came after the city's Secretary for Food and Health Ko Wing-man made a public apology on Sunday for the governments failure to stop meat contaminated with drugs getting into Hong Kongs market. These drugs were used for treating asthma.Siu Kam Chan reports.



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