date:Jul 22, 2013
siness operations in March after a food safety inspection in the city of Guangzhou in South China's Guangdong province found excessive amounts of cadmium, a carcinogenic industrial chemical, in their rice products.
Four months after the incident, the cause of the contamination is still unclear. The uncertainty has worried both local mill operators and farmers.
Li Xufang is faring slightly better than his peers, having sold one-quarter of his early rice. He is now busy planting late rice. But i