Shrimp injection crackdown intensifiedVietNamNet Bridge – The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has co-operated with police to combat the illegal injection of gel into shrimps to increase their weight and thus make more money. The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development has co-operated with police to combat the illegal injection of gel into shrimps to increase their weight and thus make more money. Early last month, a business in Ha Noi’s Hoang Mai District was found to inject the gel into 8 kilogrammes of shrimp. Since last year, the departments of agriculture and rural development have inspected more than 10,300 businesses and found that 1,107 conducted the gel injection into shrimp. Three grammes of the powder can be made into 50 kilogrammes of liquid, which can be used for one tonne of shrimp.

Source: VietNamNet News September 13, 2017 07:07 UTC