China executes ex-food regulator

Former Chinese State Food and Drug Administration director Zheng Xiaoyu was executed this morning for approving untested medicine in exchange for cash, in what one media account called the strongest signal yet from Beijing that it is serious about tackling its product safety crisis.

Agency spokeswoman Yan Jiangying was quoted as saying, "The few corrupt officials of the SFDA are the shame of the whole system and their scandals have revealed some very serious problems."

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