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China's Cadmium-Tainted Rice Scandal

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May 23, 2013
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The news, reported by Xinhua, that rice believed grown in China's Hunan province contains unacceptable traces of cadmium, is the latest scandal to beset the country's food chain and probably means imports will have to rise sharply to meet the shortfall.

China had already emerged as the second-largest importer in 2012 at 2.6 million tonnes, according to D…

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