Beverage producer Nongfu Spring, which had two of its products implicated in a recent arsenic scandal, questioned the original samples drawn for quality tests by authorities, saying the episode was manipulated.

"Even if the final test was accurate, it was absent of legitimacy I've no idea where the sample products came from," said Zhong Shanshan, chairman of Nongfu Spring, clamoring for legislation on inspection and testing institutions in an interview with Xinhua News Agency.

Haikou's Industrial and Commercial Administration Bureau on Dec 1 recalled its previous statement of toxic arsenic contamination in fruit juice products made by Nongfu Spring and Taiwan-based Uni-President after a re-test conducted by the testing center of the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine confirmed these products were safe for consumption.

The bureau issued a warning on Nov 24 stating Nongfu Spring's mixed fruit and vegetable juice and its Shuirong C100 grapefruit juice made on June 27 and Aug 16, respectively, along with Uni-President's peach juice Peachate contained excess amounts of the toxic chemical arsenic after a test by the Hainan Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau.

All implicated products sold in the city of Haikou were pulled off the shelves immediately, which Nongfu Spring estimated will cause the company to lose over 1 billion yuan.

"We set up an investigation group on Dec 2 to start looking into the detailed law enforcement procedures of the local industrial and commercial watchdog," said Huang Chengmo, bureau chief of Hainan province's industrial and commercial watchdog, the superior counterpart of the bureau in Haikou city.

China's Food Safety Law stipulates that the health administration authorities, rather than the industrial and commercial watchdog, should be responsible for announcing food safety risk warning information.

Xinhua quoted Zhong as saying that the entire test procedure was "not legitimate and was masterminded", without elaborating who may have been behind the scenes.

According to a survey conducted by major portal Sina.com, more than 88 percent of about 124,000 respondents said that Haikou's industrial and commercial authorities should compensate the companies and make a public apology, while 86 percent said that those responsible "should be severely punished, even dismissed".

农夫山泉生产商，关于涉及最近的两项产品砷超标丑闻，说事件有幕后的操控，并质疑原产品样本被做了手脚。

新华社透露，农夫山泉总裁钟睒睒在接受采访的时候，强烈的要求政府机构再次采样时说，"即使政府抽取样本是以正常的渠道，但我也有权利怀疑样本生产的来源。"

位于海口的工业和商业管理局在十二月一日回复了先前的关于农夫山泉品牌的果汁中砷超标的言论，并且在中国管理局在密封的情况下再次对农夫山泉的产品进行检查，此次证明，其产品是安全人类使用的。

在十一月二十四日封查了农夫山泉所有在六月二十七日和八月十六日由Uni-President在海南生产的混合性饮料和蔬菜果汁以及水溶C100葡萄汁，上述饮料均涉及了砷超标事件。

所有在海口生产和销售的产品都被立刻召回了，农夫山泉估计损失1亿元。

"我们在十二月二日组织了一个调查小组，开始调查关于地方的执法部门"黄成模说。

中国食品安全法规定，只有健康管理执法部门，而不是工业或商业的监督部门，才有权利全部关于食品的危险信息。

新华社引用钟的话说"此次策划是不合法的",后幕没有精心的策划。

经过市场民意调查，对于121000答卷人中的88%说海口的工业和商业检查部门应该赔偿其农夫山泉的损失，并且向公众道歉。有86%的人表示，应该严惩海口的工业是商业检查部门，甚至革职。