Beijing, Aug 24 (IANS) At least 17 people have been hospitalised after they ate beef sold by an unlicensed butcher in central China’s Hunan province, officials said Friday.
The incident took place Thursday in Zhuzhou city’s Tianyuan district, Xinhua reported.
The patients were still under observation but none of the cases were critical, the government said.
“Neither the cattle nor the beef underwent quarantine checks. Nor was the seller authorised by market regulators to sell the beef,” officials said.
The people felt nauseous after eating the beef Thursday night, but health authorities have ruled out the possibility of animal-borne diseases through lab tests.
