A family of five died from gas poisoning in the Fengxian district of Shanghai last night. They were found dead at approximately 10.30 after neighbours alerted authorities to the smell of gas in the area. more ›

Coca-Cola has been implicated in the poisoning death of a boy in the Jilin city of Changchun, and for also causing the coma of the boy's mother, both of whom drank Minute Maid Pulpy Super Milky, a domestic Coca-Cola product sold in the Chinese market. more ›

A five-year-old boy from Nantong, Jiangsu province who vomited and lost consciousness after eating dried fish fillets was admitted to the Shanghai Children's Medical Center on May 9, where he was diagnosed with and treated for puffer fish poisoning, according to a Xinhua report. The boy likely consumed puffer fish that had been accidentally mixed with the dried fish fillets during production. But why was puffer fish even present during food production? Although considered a delicacy by many in China, it remains illegal to sell puffer fish in markets or restaurants. Last month, the Shanghai Food and Drug Administration even rejected a proposal to allow puffer fish to be sold in specially licensed restaurants, due to the fish's toxicity. We haven't tried the fish ourselves, and don't really want to. more ›

Just when Mengniu's CEO is telling everyone that almost everything is back to normal, two gorillas are suspected of becoming the latest victims of tainted milk. Reuters Newswires quoted a Hangzhou newspaper, reporting that the gorillas, both from Hangzhou Wildlife World in eastern Zhejiang province and aged one and three, had been diagnosed with crystallisation in their urine:

Both had been fed with milk powder made by Sanlu Group, at the heart of the scandal in which four infants have died and thousands have fallen sick with kidney stones. more ›