Snappy newsletters. Simple Facebook sharing. Spirited comments. Sweet features are waiting… GET THEM NOW!

Chinese Exec Pleads Guilty in Melamine Case

Sanlu leaders could face death penalty for tainted milk scandal

By Nick McMaster, Newser Staff

Posted Dec 31, 2008 1:23 PM CST

(Newser) – The former chair and general manager of China’s Sanlu group pleaded guilty to selling the tainted powdered milk that killed six children and caused a national food scare, the New York Times reports. Tian Wenhua said she knew that the firm’s milk contained... Read full story »

COMMENTS

Read the comment policy

You need to Log in to Newser to comment. Don't have an account yet? Sign up now!

1 comment

A snapshot of the day's best news stories.

View Larger Grid

All Today Yesterday Pick a Date

What's Popular Now on Facebook

Miami Face-Eater Identified

Victim of Naked Face-Eater Fights for Life

New York Times (Source Grid »)

Chinese officials promise a 'pre-emptive' food monitoring system
Xinhua (China)

Sanlu must pay $160 million to families of sickened, killed children
Associated Press

World • Crime & Courts

China • milk • melamine • trial • food scare • infant • Sanlu Group • tainted milk

More Newser Stories

3 Sentenced to Death in China Milk Scandal

Chairwoman of tainted milk firm gets life

(NEWSER) - A Chinese court has sentenced three men to die for adulterating milk for profit and poisoning thousands, CNN reports. The former chairwoman of the milk company at the heart of the scandal that killed six infants and sickened 300,000 has been sentenced to life in prison. Other defendants, including middlemen who sold toxic melamine to milking stations seeking to fake higher protein levels, have been sentenced to terms ranging from five years to life. More»

China Milk Scandal Trials Begin

Toxic formula left 6 babies dead, 300,000 others ill

(NEWSER) - Trials began today in China for six people accused of intentionally tainting and selling the milk powder that killed six babies and sickened 300,000, the Guardian reports. The men added the toxic chemical melamine to diluted milk to help it pass quality tests in one of China’s worst food safety scares. Sentences could begin at 10 years, lawyers said. More»

China Recalls 170 Tons of Poison Milk Powder

Tainted products from last scandal likely repackaged

(NEWSER) - Chinese officials have recalled some 170 tons of milk powder tainted with deadly melamine in the latest evidence that products from the last industrial scandal were repackaged and placed back on the market. The milk has been found in Shanghai and throughout 6 provinces. Hundreds of thousands were sickened and at least 6 children died in the last melamine scandal in 2008. Officials have issued an emergency crackdown in a bid to locate and remove tainted milk products and have shut down two dairies. More»

China Launches Emergency Sweep for Poison Milk

Firms accused of recycling tainted milk powder from 2008

(NEWSER) - China has ordered an emergency sweep to seek out and destroy milk products tainted with melamine. Officials have ordered a full investigation of the latest milk scandal and promise offenders will be harshly punished, AP reports. Some companies are believed to have reused milk powder recalled after milk tainted with the toxic industrial compound killed at least 6 children and sickened hundreds of thousands in 2008. More»

Tainted Chinese Milk Yanked From Shelves—Again

Company in last scandal linked to new contamination

(NEWSER) - In the latest consumer product scandal to hit China, authorities have ordered milk contaminated with toxic melamine yanked from market shelves. The recall occurs a year after hundreds of thousands of children were sickened by a similar contamination. Products in southern China from three companies were found to contain melamine. One of the companies was involved in the last scandal that killed at least 6 children, AP reports. Melamine is used illegally to artificially boost protein readings in milk products. More»

NEWS FROM OUR PARTNERS

What is Newser?

Face it: there's too much news. At Newser, we choose the most thought-provoking and entertaining stories from hundreds of US and international sources and reduce them to a headline, picture, and two paragraphs. And we do it 24/7—you can come back morning, noon, night (and in between) for something new that matters. Read less, know more.

Learn more »

Partnering with: Slate

View Newser on the mobile website

Chinese Exec Pleads Guilty in Melamine Case

Sanlu leaders could face death penalty for tainted milk scandal

China • milk • melamine • trial • food scare • infant • Sanlu Group • tainted milk

MOST POPULAR STORIES

[ By Views ]

[ By Comments ]

More Newser Stories

3 Sentenced to Death in China Milk Scandal

Chairwoman of tainted milk firm gets life

China Milk Scandal Trials Begin

Toxic formula left 6 babies dead, 300,000 others ill

China Recalls 170 Tons of Poison Milk Powder

Tainted products from last scandal likely repackaged

China Launches Emergency Sweep for Poison Milk

Firms accused of recycling tainted milk powder from 2008

Tainted Chinese Milk Yanked From Shelves—Again

Company in last scandal linked to new contamination

About Us

Site

Community

Site Maps

Tools

More News

What is Newser?