The latest food scandal to outrage Chinese net users involves
nutritious celery being soaked in sewage to increase its weight for
market.
The pictures in question, taken in the city of Nantong in
Jiangsu province, show a farmer preparing a celery crop for market
by soaking them in a pond for over 3 hours to increase their weight
and subsequent sale price (itself illegal).
Naturally the pond is full of raw sewage and filled with
floating garbage.
The individual clandestinely recording the scene reported a foul
stench rising from the rubbish laden pond, and that farmers
routinely soaked their crops there before taking them to the
wholesale market for distribution.
Food for thought – particularly considering the scale of Chinese
food exports to developed countries.