China arrests 774 in product crackdownBy AUDRA ANG, Associated Press Writer
1 hour, 28 minutes ago
BEIJING - China said Monday that it had arrested
774 people in a crackdown on substandard goods,
part of ongoing efforts to calm international worries
over the quality of the country's products.
The General Administration for Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine said the arrests were the
result of 626 criminal investigations nationwide into
the manufacture and sale of fake or substandard
food, medicine or agricultural products between
August and mid-October.
"All local authorities and relevant departments have
maintained a high-pressure attitude toward their
crackdown on the illegal activity of producing and
selling fake products," the AQSIQ, one of China's
main quality control agencies, said on its Web site.
"One after another, authorities have broken large-
scale cases, investigated and taken care of them,
shut down a large number of illegal hubs of activity,
effectively striking and intimidating criminals,"
it said without providing any other details.
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