Kindergarten owner and staff jailed for poisoning 200 children in China
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Fri, 16 October 2026
1 report- ABC News (Australia)22:25first to report
The operator of a kindergarten and several staff have been jailed for serving tainted food that caused lead poisoning in more than 200 students in China.
Sat, 17 October 2026
3 reports- South China Morning Post04:10
The owner of a Chinese kindergarten has been jailed for life after more than 200 children were poisoned by lead in the country’s worst food safety scandal for almost two decades. A total of six people were jailed by the Lanzhou Intermediate People’s Court in Gansu province on Friday for making or selling harmful foodstuffs. Li Huifang, owner of the Peixin Kindergarten in Tianshui, was handed a life sentence and fined 500,000 yuan (US$75,000), while Zhu Jinglin, the principal, was jailed for...
- BBC News World12:11
She and five staff members were found to have used the inedible paint in meals to make them look more appealing.
- Anadolu Agency (AA)12:19
Person in charge of kindergarten sentenced to life imprisonment