China's dim sum and sausages include "human teeth," which raises concerns about food safety.

Following several reports of “human teeth” being discovered in food products in China, there was widespread indignation and disbelief. Public worries regarding food safety have been raised by the reports.

According to the South China Morning Post, on October 13, a mother in the northeastern province of Jilin reported discovering three cojoined artificial human teeth within a sausage she had purchased for her child. She purchased the grilled sausage from a stand outside. When the sausage was first sold, the vendor disputed that it contained teeth.

The vendor did, however, issue an apology following the intervention of local market oversight officials.

Also the same day, a woman from Donguan City, in the southern province of Guangdong, disclosed that her father had found two human teeth in his dim sum, which he had purchased from Sanjin Soup Dumplings. According to the woman, her father did not own the teeth.

The eatery was unable to explain how the teeth appeared in the dish and claimed that their dumplings came from the company’s central location.

Another customer reported discovering an artificial human tooth with a screw placed in her jujube and walnut cake at a Shanghai Sam’s Club location a day later.

With more than 50 locations throughout more than 20 Chinese cities, Sam’s Club is known for providing high-quality food.

The 520-gram box of cake costs roughly $4. In order to file an official complaint, the consumer had returned her dessert to the store. She turned down a $140 compensation offer from the store’s management.

An investigation has been started by the market control department of Shanghai Pudong New District.

Artificial human teeth have already been discovered in Chinese food. According to a woman in 2022, her uncle found three teeth inside a Sam Club’s famous Swiss roll from the province of Fujian.

Concerns about human remains being discovered in food have been voiced by Chinese netizens, and the occurrences have caused significant indignation. “I hope it’s not a horror story of mixing human meat into the ingredients,” remarked one user on the Chinese social media site Weibo. Others said that the factory workers who handled the products might have lost the teeth.

Customers have been paid by food vendors in the past, and authorities have not conducted an inquiry.