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Panic over Chinese milk exports

China today tried to calm jitters about exports of tainted baby milk powder to five poor developing nations, saying no problems had been reported so far and that the government was working hard to address the issue. ...full story at Independent

from Independent on Thu, Sep 18 2008

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22 Sep 08 visit 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 video53,000 reported ill from tainted milk powder, 13,000 children were hospitalized. The crisis was initially thought to have been confined to baby milk powder but tests have found melamine in samples of liquid milk taken from China's two largest dairy...
14 Sep 08 visit 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...
26 Sep 08 visit China to check tainted milk powder scandal after effect  »  People's Daily China's State Council, or Cabinet, on Thursday sends a team of officials to some provinces and autonomous regions to check the aftereffect of a recent tainted milk powder scandal. The team will work to ensure problems arising from the tainted milk...
15 Sep 08 visit China to inspect milk, cow feedstuff following baby milk powder contamination  »  People's Daily Chinese Ministry of Agriculture (MOA) said Sunday 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 will take place in 50...
14 Sep 08 visit Health ministry: Tainted milk powder not sold abroad  »  People's Daily The contaminated Sanlu baby milk powder in connection with the country's hundreds of infant kidney stone cases was only sold on the Chinese mainland and Taiwan, health ministry official Gao Qiang said on Saturday. "None of the milk powder was...
17 Sep 08 visit 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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