Review of the year
September
Scandal broke in Taiwan in September when a supplier was fined heavily after police found some 782 tonnes of illegally manufactured “gutter oil” that had been distributed across the island.
Australian researchers believed they had developed a new combination of nutrient-based medications to enhance mood and combat clinical depression (pictured).
And in eastern China, 11 people were arrested for manufacturing and distributing empty capsules laced with the toxic metal chromium.