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Second lawsuit filed in tainted milk scandal

BEIJING (AP) -- A second lawsuit has been filed against a Chinese dairy company at the heart of the tainted milk crisis, an attorney said Friday, as more than 10,000 children remained hospitalized after drinking milk powder laced with an industrial... ...full story at AP

from AP on Fri, Oct 10 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...
08 Oct 08 visit 1st suit filed against Sanlu  »  People's Daily Sanlu Group, the dairy giant at the center of the tainted milk powder scandal, might face its first lawsuit from victims, as a local court in Central China's Henan province will determine weather or not it will accept the first filed case within the...
09 Oct 08 visit Guangdong court considers tainted milk powder case  »  Shanghai Daily A COURT in Guangdong Province is considering whether to accept a lawsuit against Sanlu Dairy Group and the Dairy Association of China filed by the parents of a baby who developed kidney stones after drinking melamine-contaminated...
19 Sep 08 visit As tainted milk is withdrawn, China says supplies are sufficient  »  People's Daily The Ministry of Commerce said here on Friday that 3,215 tonnes of milk powder had been removed from retail outlets around the country amid the tainted milk scandal, but supplies of safe domestic milk powder are sufficient. The ministry is to...
18 Sep 08 visit Dairy producer yet to recall some tainted milk powder  »  People's Daily A Chinese dairy producer at the center of a baby formula scandal has yet to recall 35 tonnes of tainted milk powder from retail outlets and consumers, an official said on Thursday, as it emerged that a fourth child had died. Local authorities and...
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...

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