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In June, the Food and Drug Administration says it banned five species of fish from China due to contamination.

(CNN) --

Here are some facts from tonight's broadcast that you might find interesting.

In the first six months of this year the FDA rejected more than a thousand (1,077) shipments of food from China.

Source: FDA

Last month, the FDA banned 5 certain species of fish from China because of a persistent pattern of contamination.

A recent study by U.S. consulting firm A.T. Kearney found:

"China's food safety process is broken and fixing it will require a $100 billion investment in improved food safety standards, warehousing, transportation and training."

Source: AT Kearney Consulting, June 26 presentation at CIES World Food Business Summit in Shanghai

Mayor Donald Cresitello of Morristown, NJ has applied to enroll his police department into the 287(g) program which would deputize police officers to enforce immigration laws. Morristown would be the first New Jersey municipality in the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement 287(g) program if accepted.
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