Gangs smuggle in 40-year-old 'zombie' meat
Tony
2015-07-02 11:26:25
Meat that had been frozen for up to 40 years old was smuggled into China through a secret supply chain set up by gangs at home and accomplices abroad, according to law enforcement officers.
The criminal network was revealed by customs officials after they busted 14 gangs in 14 provinces and regions in a crackdown on the smuggling of rotten frozen meat products, dubbed "zombie meat" by the media.
The trade in expired meat developed to meet booming demand for meat products.
The General Administration of Customs said officers confiscated more than 100,000 metric tons of smuggled frozen meat valued at 3 billion yuan ($483 million), if sold, including chicken wings, beef and pork.
(Bad meat is dumped at a landfill in Nanning, capital of the Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, in March)