date:Jun 17, 2013
China's State Food and Drug Administration (SFDA) on Sunday began to check for food companies processing lime-preserved eggs with copper sulphate, following a scandal highlighted in a media report.
On Friday, China Central Television reported that some egg processing plants are suspected of using copper sulphate in the pickling of lime-preserved eggs, a black-colored cold dish popular around the country.
Copper Sulphate can be poisonous if swallowed.
The SFDA ordered the Jiangxi provincial fo