The nerves of China's consumers were badly rattled today after a toxic baby milk scandal, which has seen two infants die and thousands made ill, widened to include milk products from the country's best-known dairy companies. ...full story at Independent
from Independent on Tue, Sep 16 2008
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CNN: Four infants in China dead, 53,000 reported ill from tainted milk powder. 中國毒奶粉事件繼續延燒-到目前為止已經有五萬三千兒童受害!四人死亡! »
YouTube video 53,000 reported ill from tainted milk powder, 13,000 children were hospitalized.
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China's Sanlu admits contamination of baby milk powder products » People's Daily Sanlu Group, a leading Chinese dairy producer, said it had found in its self-check that some of its baby milk powder products were contaminated by tripolycyanamide. It has decided to recall all the baby milk powder it had produced before Aug. 6... |
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China to inspect milk, cow feedstuff following baby milk powder contamination » Shanghai Daily CHINESE Ministry of Agriculture said today that it would carry out special quality inspections on fresh milk and cow feedstuff nationwide in the wake of the contaminated baby milk powder scandal. "The inspection... |
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China seizes 22 companies with contaminated baby milk powder » People's Daily Chinese inspectors have found the chemical melamine in 69 batches of baby milk powder produced by 22 companies nationwide, the country's quality watchdog said late on Tuesday. The authorities ordered a halt to the sale of the tainted products... |
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Milk Meets New Standards » Shanghai Daily TESTS found Chinese baby formula milk and other milk-powder products met new temporary restrictions on melamine, the country's top quality control agency said yesterday. The test covered 101 batches of baby formula... |
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