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Tesco withdraws sweets over milk poison fears

Tesco has withdrawn a brand of Chinese sweets after reports that they could contain the substance at the centre of a milk poisoning scandal in China. ...full story at Independent

from Independent on Wed, Sep 24 2008

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19 Sep 08 visit Is China Milk Safe?  »  The China Expat Melamine has been found in all of the major Chinese milk brands, not just in Sanlu baby milk powder where this crises started. The question becomes:  Which Chinese milk brand is safest? The answer might be none for now. But after a suitable period of tim...
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06 Oct 08 visit China strengthens supervision during holidays to curb tainted milk scandal  »  People's Daily China continued to strengthen dairy product supervision during the week-long National Day holiday amid efforts to ensure food safety and restore public trust in milk supplies. All the milk containing melamine had been withdrawn from sale in...

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