China watchdog launches juice probe after rotten fruit report

China’s food safety watchdog has launched an investigation into local juice makers after a media report said they used rotten fruit to make their products.

The probe includes two branches of the country’s sector leader, China Huiyuan Juice Group.

Farmers sold rotten fruit to distributors, which was then bought by canned fruit producers and juice manufacturers to cut costs, the 21st Century Business Herald said in the report.