China reporter held over cardboard-in-buns story
It made me sick to read Chinese Pork Buns posted by Salat earlier, and who said that no news is good news, this one is…I feel a lot better…No cardboard in buns.
BEIJING, China (Reuters) — Beijing police have detained a television reporter for allegedly fabricating an investigative story about steamed buns stuffed with cardboard at a time when China’s food safety is under intense international scrutiny.
A report directed by Beijing TV and played on state-run national broadcaster China Central Television last Thursday said an unlicensed snack vendor in eastern Beijing was selling steamed dumplings stuffed with cardboard soaked in caustic soda and seasoned with pork flavoring.
Beijing authorities said investigations had found that an employee surnamed Zi had fabricated the report to garner “higher audience ratings”, the China Daily said on Thursday.
“Zi had provided all the cardboard and asked the vendor to soak it. It’s all cheating,” the paper quoted a government notice as saying.
A city-wide inspection of steamed bun vendors in the wake of the report had found no such cases, the paper said.
Beijing TV had apologized for failing to check the report’s authenticity and said it would make efforts to improve staff ethics, the paper added. Read the rest of story here.
I don't know about this story. The reporter could have been punished for breaking such a news that is not good for the country as a whole. With the Olympics coming, China must have a good face and if this is true, then it can create a big panic for tourists.
Thanks for the post, I read something about Lao food and the use of an chemical to preserve the meat and vegetables. I will search for the news article and post it.
Remember the Roswel UFO coverup. We now have an unidentified pork bun coverup.
Sim that is funny!
Hey I used to live an hour and a half from Roswell and that story is still much alive! Hey this bun cover-up can be an episode of the X-files! So crazy!
You guys, I love the pork buns, I’m just glad to hear that it’s not cardboard buns.
Sim wrote: "unidentified pork bun coverup".
Ha, ha! More conspiracy theories for us.
Ginger wrote: "It made me sick to read Chinese Pork Buns posted by Salat earlier…"
At first, I thought you were sick of my writing. That I was so crude to find such stories :) I think we should ask Darly's mom to give us the recipe for her Gala Pao. This way we can make our own, with real stuffings.
Salat, I’d never get sick of your writing, enjoy reading it a lot, so keep them coming. I do agree that Darly needs to get a recipe from her mom.