The investigation finds a cover as six arrested

Dozens of provincial employees and hospital staff have tried to cover up a lead poisoning case, which has fallen into northwestern China and has caused widespread indignation, an official investigation has found.

Officials forged the blood tests of students who were poisoned in the kindergarten of Peyxin in Tianshui, the provincial authorities of Gansu announced in a report on Sunday.

City authorities have also accepted bribes from an investor in PEIXIN as they neglected food safety checks in several pre -school schools, the report said.

In an attempt to attract more students, Peixin’s chefs used the joke paint to “improve the appearance” of their eating, the report said.

Later found that food samples contain lead 2000 times more than the national safety limitS

Eight people were originally detained for their participation in the production of toxic snacks. Six of them – including the kindergarten director, Cux and investor – have been arrested, according to the report.

Ten other employees will face “official accounting procedures”, while another 17 people are under a disciplinary investigation.

Authorities revealed on July 8 that 235 children from the private kindergarten were being treated at a hospital for lead poisoning after eating steam red cakes and corn sausage buns.

As of Sunday, 234 of them are written.

The provincial Center for the Control and Prevention of Gansu’s Diseases was ordered to test 267 students and employees in Peyxin after some showed symptoms earlier this month, but employees “did not take the job seriously”.

The person responsible for the tests “seriously violate the operational procedures that distort the results”, according to the report.

The report indicated several people who are investigating and determined lead concentrations of various food samples, among other details.

He also accused employees of Tianshui National Hospital No. 2 for “serious abandonment of obligations” and described the management of the institution in the case as “chaotic”.

The Chinese Internet has paid great attention to the report, some praised what they see as a transparent disclosure and others with a request for perpetrators in this case to be held accountable.

Unlike its consideration of province and urban staff, the report says that there is a “quick response” from the central government, which convened an expert committee “at the earliest opportunity” to review all gaps in the procedures.

On Monday, China published a set of national guidelines for providing diet on campuses. Among other things, it requires every new batch of food to be tested and that rice, flour and cooking oil should be purchased at centralized orders.

Authorities in Tianshui have also announced that children suffering from lead poisoning can receive free treatment in certain hospitals and will be provided with legal aid for the affected families.

Peixin will be temporarily managed by a kindergarten.