Criminal activity high in food and drug safety  

去年以来危害食药安全案件大幅上升 犯罪手段翻新

中国最高人民法院新闻发言人孙军工7月31日在北京表示，2011年以来，全国危害食品、药品安全案件数量大幅上升，犯罪手段不断翻新，证据的收集和司法认定难度增大。

Beijing (CNS) -- Crimes that threaten food safety and drug safety have rocketed since 2011 in China, and criminals are using more complicated tactics that increase the difficulty of detection, evidence collection and judicial determinations, said Sun Jungong, spokesman for the China Supreme People's Court on July 31.

Courts across the country have seen a 275 percent growth in drug crime cases and a 216 percent growth in food safety crimes since 2011.

The nation's courts are struggling to keep up, and between January and June closed 549 of the 688 cases heard involving the production and sale of bogus pharmaceuticals. During the same period, 330 cases relating to food safety hit the circuit, and 276 of those have been closed.