14 October 2013 (03:05 UTC-07 Tango)/09 Dhu’l-Hijja 1434/22 Mehr 1391/10 Ren-Xu (9th month) 4711

So far 13 hospital employees have been convicted of taking bribes from food maker Danone.  As many as 116 people in 85 hospitals are being investigated!

Court testimonies imply that Danone is using an addictive ingredient in its products.

The case involves hospitals in China’s Tianjin Municipality.  Those convicted so far have testified that the France based food maker, Danone, bribed them to feed Danone products to infants in the hopes the infants would become addicted!

Danone officials are also accused of paying hospital employees to convince parents to buy Danone products only.   The sinister plot was revealed by China Central Television on 17 September.