First-instance verdict on lead poisoning case in Tianshui Kindergarten, Gansu Province

On the afternoon of October 16, 2026, the Intermediate People's Court of Lanzhou City, Gansu Province publicly sentenced the defendant Li Huifang and six other people in the first instance of producing and selling toxic and harmful food. Li Huifang was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprived of political rights for life for the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food. , and confiscated personal property of RMB 500,000, sentenced Zhu Jinglin to 15 years in prison, and fined RMB 300,000, and the kindergarten kitchen staff Niu Aiyuan, Wen Yafang, He Xuxia, and An Chunling were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment ranging from eight to six years and fined.

The Lanzhou Intermediate People's Court held after trial that Li Huifang, the actual person in charge of Brownstone Peixin Kindergarten in Maiji District, Tianshui City, and Zhu Jinglin, the executive director, as kindergarten managers, violated national food safety management regulations by instructing and arranging Niu Aiyuan, Wen Yafang, He Xuxia, and An Chunling to mix toxic and harmful non-food raw materials into the food produced and sold for consumption by children and teaching staff, causing serious adverse consequences. The actions of the six defendants have constituted the crime of producing and selling toxic and harmful food, and the circumstances are particularly serious. Based on the criminal facts, nature, circumstances and harm to society of each defendant, the above judgment was made in accordance with the law.