China executes ex-chief of food and drug watchdog amid safety crisis
During Zheng Xiaoyu’s tenure from 1998 to 2005, the State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) approved six medicines that turned out to be fake, and the drug-makers used falsified documents to apply for approvals, according to previous state media reports. One antibiotic caused at least 10 deaths.
His execution was confirmed by state television and the official Xinhua News Agency.
