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China quality watchdog probes officials for dereliction in milk powder scandal

Li Changjiang, head of China's quality watchdog, said on Wednesday the agency has started internal investigations to determine if there was any dereliction of duty in the tainted baby formula scandal. Li told a press conference here the State... ...full story at People's Daily

from People's Daily on Wed, Sep 17 2008

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