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Six Busted in China Milk Scandal

Men nabbed in main dairy region

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(Newser) – Six people have been arrested in connection with the tainted milk scandal in China, Reuters reports. The arrests were made in Hohhot, capital of China's main dairy producing region. Thousands of Chinese children have developed kidney problems from drinking milk formula contaminated by melamine. Four have died. 

Last week authorities arrested 22 people in Hebei province suspected of being involved with  producing melamine and selling it on to milk farms. The milk scandal triggered recalls and warnings among China's trading partners across Southeast Asia as melamine was discovered in infant formula, chocolate, cookies and other products. Melamine is used to artificially boost the protein content of milk and cheat on quality control tests.  

Chinese food safety personnel check on milk at a collection station in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province.
Chinese food safety personnel check on milk at a collection station in Chengdu in southwest China's Sichuan province.   (AP Photo/Color China Photo)
Parents and their children wait for examinations for kidney stones. Thousands of children have been sickened by milk contaminated with melamine.
Parents and their children wait for examinations for kidney stones. Thousands of children have been sickened by milk contaminated with melamine.   (AP Photo)
A girl falls asleep while waiting for an examination to check for kidney stones. Thousands of children in China have been made ill by melamine-contaminated milk.
A girl falls asleep while waiting for an examination to check for kidney stones. Thousands of children in China have been made ill by melamine-contaminated milk.   (AP Photo)
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