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Pesticide-tainted chives banned in E Chinas Qingdao 
Apr. 13, 2010
Food safety authorities in Qingdao, an open coastal city in eastern Chinas Shandong Province, have temporarily halted the sale of Chinese chives after seizing almost 2 tonnes of pesticide-tainted chives last week.Nine residents have reportedly been poisoned after eating toxic chives this month. They have joined hands to ask for compensation from a local food vendor.
The patients complained of headache, nausea and diarrhea after consuming dishes that contained chives at a local fast food restaurant, Mondays China Daily quoted the local Qilu Evening News as saying.
All of them were poisoned by organic phosphorus, a highly toxic pesticide, officials from the Qingdao Health Supervision Bureau said.
Random checkups on over 2,000 batches of chives, conducted from April 2 to April 9 in three vegetable wholesale markets in
The tainted chives have been destroyed, the industry and commerce bureau told a local press conference late on Friday.
A pesticide residue rate as high as 64 percent was tested on the vegetables, and investigations traced the chives back to the city of
Source: English.news.cn
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