Bottled Water

This week's food safety scandal comes courtesy of Nongfu bottled water (农夫山泉矿泉水), which allegedly now comes with worm eggs inside its red screw caps. 

According to an article in The China Daily, a Tongzhou shopkeeper and one of her customers claim to have discovered "cream-colored worm eggs, as big as sesame seeds" inside the caps of some bottles of the popular brand. The customer's son also reportedly became ill after ingesting the water (they claim the boy didn't see the eggs until after taking a few sips) and was later diagnosed with "acute enteritis" by a doctor.

• Read more