Now maybe they'll hang some people

al-Reuters has the story by Michael Wei and Ian Ransom about the latest disaster out of China:

Authorities in a northeastern Chinese city on Wednesday vowed severe punishment for those responsible for melamine-tainted eggs turning up in Hong Kong, as the health scare spread to another city in eastern China. At least four children have died and tens of thousands were made ill amid the melamine scandal, the latest in a series of health scares to sully the "made in China" label.
Chinese products ranging from chocolate to milk powder have been recalled throughout the world due to contamination fears. Melamine, used in making plastic chairs, among other things, is often added to cheat nutrition tests.
Chinese eggs have now come under the spotlight, after Hong Kong food safety authorities over the weekend found melamine-tainted eggs produced by Hanwei Group in the northeastern port city of Dalian on local shelves. Problem eggs have now been found in Hangzhou, capital of the eastern province of Zhejiang, the official Xinhua news agency said on Wednesday, citing quality authorities there who had ordered a city-wide recall of all Ciyunxiang-brand eggs. The tested batch of Ciyunxiang eggs, produced by Green Living Beings Development Center based in China's northern Shanxi province, contained 3.5 mg in every kilo, Xinhua said. Calls to the company went unanswered.
China currently has no standard for acceptable amounts of melamine in eggs, but allows only 2.5 mg per kilo in most milk products.
There had been no reports of people being made ill from the eggs in Hangzhou, Xinhua said, but the government-led recall, the first for eggs in China, suggests the problem may be widespread and could usher in a round of checks nationwide.
Authorities in Dalian on Wednesday blamed tainted chicken feed for the high levels of melamine found in Hanwei Group eggs exported to Hong Kong. The municipal government promised harsh punishment in a notice posted on its website.

Rico says when the Chinese say 'harsh punishment', they mean it...