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In August 2021, the Lunan police station, Lianyungang city, Jiangsu province, China, received information that the owner of a local noodle restaurant might add illegal ingredients to his food to make it more appetizing and addictive.

Apparently, the anonymous whistleblower was triggered by watching a public safety warning video about a fraudulent businessman mixing poppies into their food to make it look more appetizing and wondering if the delicious noodle stall he loves so much is doing the same.

Launching from the Oddity Central page, Sunday (12/9/2021), it was found that his favorite noodle shop actually added poppy flower powder to the noodles to make customers addicted, that's how to support his business.

Inspired by the PSA he watched on television and the popularity of the noodles he loved so much, the complainant took samples of the dish to the police for testing. As a result, the delicious noodles actually contain high levels of papaverine, a type of narcotic, and other foreign compounds.

The Lunan Police in collaboration with the Food and Drug Environmental Investigation Agency conducted a thorough search of the noodle restaurant. They managed to confiscate a large pot of chili oil which was later found to have been mixed with a poppy-derived ingredient.

"The chili oil seasoning is mixed with poppy seeds, which makes it much more palatable. Cold noodle dishes taste better overall, but these foods can be addictive and harm health in the long run, said officer Zhang Kaoshan.

The reason, Restore Business Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic
When confronted with the police, the owner of the restaurant, a local man surnamed Li, had nothing but admit to having seasoned his chili with poppies. He explained that it was the only way to recover from the devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. He has lost most of his customers during the lock-up. So he thought getting customers hooked on his noodles was a way to quickly restore business.

The crooked entrepreneur had heard that adding poppies to spices could make customers addicted, so he asked spice traders if they added poppies to their products.

After that, a spice trader sold spices containing poppies to Li. He also boiled the special spices he bought with chili and soybean oil, took them to his restaurant as secret chili oil, and mixed them with cold noodles. As a result, the food business quickly skyrocketed.

Before long, sensasi bermain togel online the restaurant's daily profits rose by about 1/3 and secret chili oil was the staple. Unfortunately, Li became a suspect for producing and selling toxic and dangerous food. He will spend his time behind bars.

Papaver somniferum, or opium poppy, is processed to make the addictive drug opium, but some of it appears to be used by food businessmen in China to make their food addictive and thus generate more profit.

According to media statistics, from 2020 to April this year, there were 155 criminal cases related to the addition of illegal opium poppies to food. Henan, Guizhou and Jiangsu are the top three provinces in terms of number of cases.