Multiple incidents of human teeth being found in food items across China have reignited public concern over food safety in the country, media reports said.
The latest case was reported from Jilin province on 13 October, when a woman allegedly found three artificial human teeth inside a sausage she had purchased for her child, South China Morning Post reported.
The woman had bought the sausages from a roadside stall. The vendor initially denied the allegation but later apologised after local market supervision authorities intervened.
On the same day, another woman in Dongguan City claimed that her father discovered two human teeth in a serving of dim sum at a branch of Sanjin Soup Dumplings, a popular restaurant chain.
She confirmed that the teeth did not belong to her father.
Authorities have launched an investigation into the incident.
A separate case was reported a day later, on 14 October, at a Sam’s Club outlet in Shanghai, where a customer said she found an artificial human tooth embedded in a jujube and walnut cake.
Sam’s Club, a membership-only retail chain with over 50 branches across more than 20 Chinese cities, is generally regarded as a supplier of high-quality food products. The cake in question was priced at 27.8 yuan (USD 4) for a 520-gram box, according to the newspaper report.
A staff member at the store expressed shock, stating that products from their factory “should not have such problems.”
The customer later returned to the store to seek redress, and management reportedly offered 1,000 yuan (USD 140) in compensation, which she refused.
Shanghai Pudong New District’s market supervision department has launched an investigation into the incident.
