An incident of poisoning in Beijing has been traced to yangrou chuanr, the ubiquitous lamb skewers sold on streets, in what could be more proof that rat, dog and cat meat are being widely used among street hawkers.
Beijing hospital No 307, which is affiliated with the Academy of Military Medical Sciences of the People's Liberation Army, found traces of bromadiolone in a blood sample of a 20-year-old tourist from northeastern China.
The patient's back and ankles were covered with bruises the size of a sheet of paper, doctors said.
The poisoning case comes two months after the nation's Ministry of Public Security released its findings of counterfeit-meat sales throughout China.
The inquiries showed that rat, fox and mink meat had been sold as lamb at Shanghai hotpot restaurants and that duck meat was used for Inner Mongolian beef jerky.
