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Chinese tighten dairy regulations after scandal

BEIJING (AP) -- China's State Council tightened quality control regulations for the dairy industry Friday, as authorities in Macau and Hong Kong reported several children had kidney stones blamed on Chinese tainted milk.... ...full story at AP

from AP on Fri, Oct 10 2008

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10 Oct 08 visit China sets new standards for dairy industry  »  Shanghai Daily CHINA'S State Council issued a series of quality control regulations for dairy products yesterday. The move was prompted by the country's contaminated milk scandal. The regulations tighten control of how milk-yielding...
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10 Oct 08 visit Cabinet enacts tougher rules for dairy industry  »  Shanghai Daily THE State Council, China's Cabinet, has issued new regulations to tighten quality controls on the dairy industry in the wake of the tainted-milk scandal. Contaminated milk powder, laced with the chemical melamine,...
11 Oct 08 visit HK reports sixth children with kidney stones after drinking tainted milk  »  People's Daily Hong Kong health authorities said Friday that a 10-year-old boy had suffered from kidney stones after drinking melamine tainted milk products. The new case brings to six the total number of children with milk-related kidney stones in Hong Kong. ...
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