In Depth: Stinky Shrimp Sets Off Storm About School Lunches

A foul stench emanating from the shrimp and egg meals served at a number of Shanghai schools in September has stirred up long-held bad feelings about school lunches in the city.

After the meals were pulled from several school dining halls on Sept. 15, parents and students took to social media to complain about the greasy, poor quality food that often ends up in their school lunches, which sometimes contain foreign objects like bits of rag or steel wool.