Chinesischen Strafverfolgungsbehörden prüfen Flaschen der Großen Mauer Weine in einem Supermarkt in der Stadt Bozhou, East China Provinz Anhui, 27. Dezember 2010.
Chinese law enforcement officers check bottles of the Great Wall wines at a supermarket in Bozhou city, east Chinas Anhui province, 27 December 2010. In the latest food scandal to rock China, six people were detained, more than a dozen corporate accounts were frozen and tainted wine bottles were pulled off shelves after red wine made in Changli county, Hebei Province, was found to have been both chemically altered and falsely labeled as a superior product. The Jiahua, Yeli and Genghao wineries have been accused of forgery and of adulterating their wine, during investigations by the local government that shut down their operations, the Xinhua News Agency reported, adding that sixteen corporate accounts involving 2.83 million yuan (US$427, 000) were frozen. A total of 5, 114 boxes of wine, thought to have been falsely labeled, and 19 templates for forging brand labels, as well as 280 unlabeled bottles, were seized. The county is famous for wine production, as it produces a third of Chinas domestic grape wine and has been nicknamed Chinas Bordeaux. Five wineries in Changli were suspected of making adulterated wines and labeling their products as famous brands, including the Great Wall Wine made by the China National Cereals, Oils & Foodstuffs Import & Export Corporation (COFCOA), CCTV reported.
