China says finds tainted European food products

Chinese product safety authorities have seized several batches of contaminated European food imports, and are also recalling all Irish pork products following a tainting scare there, the government said on Monday.

China has been beset by food safety scandals in the past few years, including a recent mass contamination of infant formula by the chemical melamine in which at least six babies are believed to have died and thousands made ill.

But Beijing also likes to point out this is a global issue in which China is a victim too of poor quality imports.