Food safety and honest reporting of issues is one area China hasn’t quite figured out yet.
On the other hand, they are building a 1000 person quarantine facility in 6 days. And what other government can just lock down 8 cities with 20+M people right before The major holiday.
But, yeah, people still go down to HK to buy as much foreign milk powder as possible. Not sure if there is still a limit of 2 bags.
The problem isn’t eating the weird animals. As long as they are inspected, kept in segregated and clean conditions, and managed properly. The issue is when all the animals are mixed together in small closed areas such as a market where the killing happens and things like blood get intermixed.
