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A dozen more Chinese dairy companies accused

BEIJING (AP) -- Fifteen more Chinese dairy companies were identified Wednesday as producing milk products contaminated with an industrial chemical, further broadening a scandal affecting products ranging from baby formula to chocolate, authorities... ...full story at AP

from AP on Wed, Oct 01 2008

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19 Sep 08 visit 09-19-08 VOA Kunleng News  »  YouTube video1. China says it has discovered that some milk sold to consumers by major dairy companies is contaminated with an industrial chemical. 2. ome international Internet sites like the Voice Of America, which were blocked before the games, are now unblocked....
13 Oct 08 visit Dairy giants apologize for scandal  »  People's Daily Top managers of the country's three leading dairy companies - Mengniu, Yili and Bright Dairy - issued their first public apology yesterday for their companies' involvement in the ongoing contaminated milk scandal. During a talk show program, Dialogue,...
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...
09 Oct 08 visit China tests find no melamine in new liquid milk  »  People's Daily The latest tests on Chinese liquid dairy products found no traces of melamine, the country's top quality control agency said on Thursday. It was the eighth investigation on the industrial chemical following the tainted baby formula scandal that...
23 Oct 08 visit Six more arrests over melamine-tainted Chinese dairy products  »  People's Daily Police in north China have arrested six men on suspicion of adding fake protein formula to fresh milk supplied to Mengniu, one of the country's biggest dairy companies. The men, aged from 37 to 57, were all natives of Inner Mongolia Autonomous...
08 Oct 08 visit China sets limit on melamine levels in dairy products  »  People's Daily New dairy safety standards are released in China following a contaminated milk powder scandal that sickened tens of thousands of babies. A chemical known as melamine was intentionally added to diluted milk to make it seem high in protein content....

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