Police crackdown resolves 185,000 fake drugs and food cases

 BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Police have resolved 185,000 criminal cases during a one-year sweep of counterfeit¹ and substandard food and drugs, the Ministry² of Public Security said on Thursday.

A total of 147,000 underground facilities, which manufacture and trade inferior food and drugs, have been smashed since August 2011.

At a publicity³ event showing the results of the crackdown, the ministry said 18 cases related to the chromium-tainted drug capsule scandal, exposed by the media in April. The police seized 228 people who were involved in these cases and confiscated⁴ 500 million capsules that were suspected to be made from industrial gelatin. This substance contains excessive levels of chromium.

The police also investigated cases centering on "gutter⁵ oil" or reprocessed cooking oil. Police shut down manufacturers of this illegal oil, cutting out channels for the cooking liquid to enter the market.

The results were achieved with the help of the public, according to the ministry, and local authorities rewarded 12,000 informants more than 28 million yuan (4.4 million U.S. dollars) for providing useful information.

The perils⁶ lurking⁷ in the food and drugs markets have been effectively reduced, the ministry said, adding that it will continue in its crackdown.

1 counterfeit   

vt.伪造，仿造；adj.伪造的，假冒的

参考例句：

• It is a crime to counterfeit money.伪造货币是犯罪行为。
• The painting looked old but was a recent counterfeit.这幅画看上去年代久远，实际是最近的一幅赝品。

2 ministry   

n.(政府的)部；牧师

参考例句：

• They sent a deputation to the ministry to complain.他们派了一个代表团到部里投诉。
• We probed the Air Ministry statements.我们调查了空军部的记录。

3 publicity   

n.众所周知，闻名；宣传，广告

参考例句：

• The singer star's marriage got a lot of publicity.这位歌星的婚事引起了公众的关注。
• He dismissed the event as just a publicity gimmick.他不理会这件事，只当它是一种宣传手法。

4 confiscated   

没收，充公( confiscate的过去式和过去分词 )

参考例句：

• Their land was confiscated after the war. 他们的土地在战后被没收。
• The customs officer confiscated the smuggled goods. 海关官员没收了走私品。

5 gutter   

n.沟，街沟，水槽，檐槽，贫民窟

参考例句：

• There's a cigarette packet thrown into the gutter.阴沟里有个香烟盒。
• He picked her out of the gutter and made her a great lady.他使她脱离贫苦生活，并成为贵妇。

6 perils   

极大危险( peril的名词复数 )； 危险的事（或环境）

参考例句：

• The commander bade his men be undaunted in the face of perils. 指挥员命令他的战士要临危不惧。
• With how many more perils and disasters would he load himself? 他还要再冒多少风险和遭受多少灾难？

7 lurking   

潜在

参考例句：

• Why are you lurking around outside my house? 你在我房子外面鬼鬼祟祟的，想干什么？
• There is a suspicious man lurking in the shadows. 有一可疑的人躲在阴暗中。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》