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China Fines Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Branch for Sewage Discharge Violations
Authorities in China fined Beijing Shunxin Agriculture's (SHE:000860) Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Pengcheng Food Branch 250,000 yuan for sewage discharge violations, according to a Friday filing with the Shenzhen bourse.The branch's average total phosphorus concentration of its wastewater discharge reached 9.43 milligrams per liter, exceeding the 8 mg/L threshold during a pump malfunction on Feb. 27, the filing said.Beijing Shunxin Agriculture Pengcheng Food Branch also discharged 562.5 tons of wastewater during non-shutdown periods.
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