Guangdong to ban game food restaurants

Chinanews, Guangzhou, July 23 - According to Guangdong Provincial Industrial and Commercial Administration, it will conduct a comprehensive check in restaurants for wild animals, particularly to ban those "underground" game food restaurants. From now on, no restaurants will be allowed to put "game food" on their signboards.
The administration will collect information of such restaurants from various sources before the check. Besides, game food market will also be closed.
The check will be focused on rats, hamsters, civet cats and pangolins, which are common on the recipes of many wild animal restaurants in Guangdong.
The wild animals (both living and dead) found in the check will be confiscated, and a heavy fine will be imposed on those who sell food made of such animals. The living animals will be sent to the Animal and Plant Quarantine Bureau, while the dead will be burned and buried.