	china daily says vermin eat pct  stocks a survey of provinces and seven cities showed vermin consume between seven and pct of china s  stocks the china daily said it also said that each year mln tonnes or pct of china s fruit output are left to rot and mln tonnes or up to pct of its vegetables the paper blamed the waste on inadequate storage and bad preservation methods it said the government had launched a national programme to reduce waste calling for improved technology in storage and preservation and greater production of additives the paper gave no further details reuter 
