Supervisory departments at multiple levels of the government dealt with 1,480 cases of forced demolition and land appropriation in 2011, sources with the Ministry of Supervision said Friday.

The ministry said efforts have been made to punish those who have engaged in illegal practice involving forced demolition, land appropriation, low-rent housing construction and issues concerning food and drug safety.

Of the 1,480 cases, 11 forced demolition cases that resulted in death were handled by the Ministry of Supervision and the State Council Office for Rectifying Malpractices, with 57 officials being punished in line with administrative regulations and 31 people transferred to judicial departments.

A total of 307 cases of low-rent housing regulation violations were handled in 2011, involving 26,000 housing projects, according to the ministry.

A ministry-led crackdown on the use of clenbuterol, a cancer-causing addictive sometimes used in pig feed, led to the punishment of 74 officials and the referral of 17 suspects to judicial authorities.

Chinese meat-processing companies shocked the nation in 2011 by adding clenbuterol to pig feed, resulting in one of the year's biggest food safety scandals.

The ministry has established means of collecting public complaints in 97 percent of China's cities, receiving 2.7 million complaints last year, the ministry said.

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