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China's Grieving Families
Stand Up to Government

Officials unusually tolerant of dissenting voices

Mar 28, 09 11:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - A new political force appears to be emerging in China—grieving parents. The government, usually quick to crack down on dissent, is giving greater leeway to families hit by recent crises such as the tainted-milk scandal and the Sichuan earthquake, the Washington Post reports. Parents have banded together to demand... More »

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 China Health Ministry: 
 Food Security 'Grim' 

Regulatory system due for overhaul months after milk scandal

Mar 2, 09 11:27 AM CST
(Newser) - It’s been months since a tainted-milk scandal sickened 300,000 children, but “China’s food-security situation remains grim with high risks and contradictions,” the country’s health ministry said today. With an eye on improving the regulatory system that failed to contain the milk trouble, officials fast-tracked... More »

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3 Sentenced to Death in China Milk Scandal

Chairwoman of tainted milk firm gets life

Jan 22, 09 3:49 AM CST
(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... More »

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China • death penalty • milk • melamine • Sanlu Group • tainted milk

 Chinese Exec 
 Pleads Guilty in 
 Melamine Case 

Sanlu leaders could face death penalty for tainted milk scandal

Dec 31, 08 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 dangerously high levels of the... More »

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 China Milk Scandal 
 Trials Begin 

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

Dec 26, 08 1:33 PM CST
(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... More »

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FDA Sets Safe Levels for Melamine in Baby Formula

Officials recently said they couldn't do so

Nov 29, 08 9:09 AM CST
(AP) - Less than two months after federal food regulators said they couldn’t set a safety threshold for melamine in baby formula, they announced a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in US-made batches of the product. FDA officials yesterday set a threshold of one part per million... More »

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Melamine
Traces Found
in US Infant Formula

Feds say there's no health risk to babies

Nov 25, 08 6:40 PM CST
(AP) - Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling US infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. A top official said the levels detected are so low that it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for parents to stop using formula. An outbreak... More »

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 US Blocks 
 Chinese Milk 
 Products 

FDA demands independent tests before products can enter

Nov 14, 08 1:43 AM CST
(Newser) - All Chinese products containing milk will be blocked at the US border until tests prove they're free of a widely used toxic contaminant, Bloomberg reports. The FDA is demanding independent testing to prove such products are not tainted with melamine like those which sickened 50,000 children in China. The... More »

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China • milk • melamine • Department of Health • dairy products • Food and Drug Administration • testing • milk formula

Doctors See Rise in Kids With Kidney Stones

Salty foods, lack of water, and obesity
may be at fault

Oct 28, 08 1:14 PM CDT
(Newser) - Once associated with middle age, kidney stones are growing more common among US children, the New York Times reports. A few decades ago, physicians would “see a kid with a stone once every few months,” says one doctor. “Now we see kids once a week or less.... More »

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 Melamine Kills 
 1,500 Chinese Dogs 

Fears sparked about widespread tainting

Oct 21, 08 12:53 PM CDT
(Newser) - About 1,500 Chinese raccoon dogs, bred specially for their fur, have died after eating tainted food over the last two months, the AP reports, raising fears of rampant misuse of the chemical melamine. The discovery comes as melamine-tainted milk has sickened thousands of babies with kidney stones and been... More »

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 China Orders Total Milk Recall 

All products over a month old pulled from shelves

Oct 14, 08 1:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - In an effort to reassure its milk-drinking public, China has issued a complete recall on any milk, powdered or liquid, made more than a month ago, the BBC reports. The products will return to shelves only after passing a quality test and receiving an approval sticker, according to the state... More »

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 Six Busted 
 in China 
 Milk Scandal 

Men nabbed in main dairy region

Oct 6, 08 2:50 AM CDT
(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.  More »

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 China Sees First 
 Tainted-Milk Lawsuit 

Courts have yet to accept case in melamine scandal

Sep 30, 08 3:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - Parents of a sick 1-year-old filed the first lawsuit in China's melamine scandal today, reports the Wall Street Journal. The case, yet to be accepted by China's courts, seeks $21,900 from the makers of Sanlu milk powder for expenses related to the kidney stones they say their son... More »

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 Tainted Tea Pulled 
 in Hong Kong 

Latest product recalled for melamine traces

Sep 30, 08 12:43 PM CDT
(Newser) - Lipton Milk Tea is the latest product to be recalled in the melamine scare that started with tainted infant formula in China. Unilever is recalling the tea brand from stores in Hong Kong and Macau after finding traces of the industrial chemical in it, CNN reports. Company officials described the... More »

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Kraft, Mars, Cadbury Hit by Chinese Tainting Scandal

Melamine concerns prompt recall, probe

Sep 29, 08 9:48 AM CDT
(Newser) - Kraft and Mars are investigating claims by the Indonesian government that products including Oreos, M&Ms, and Snickers imported from China are tainted with melamine, PerthNow reports. The company notes that the products tested melamine-free elsewhere in Asia, and suggests that they could be counterfeit. Still, the firms are supporting... More »

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 China Pulls Tainted Candy 

Sales of candy made with contaminated milk halted as crisis spreads

Sep 26, 08 4:09 AM CDT
(Newser) - Dozens of countries are hopping to get China-made White Rabbit candy off store shelves after the milk-based treat was found to contain melamine, the BBC reports. The company has halted sales worldwide, and issued warnings about candy remaining in stores. The chemical has also been found to have sickened two... More »

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Wet Nurses Milk China's Tainted Formula Crisis

As babies fall ill, the rich turn to a stranger's arms, rented breast

Sep 24, 08 7:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - Many Chinese mothers are returning to breastfeeding as infant formula sickens thousands of babies, reports the Wall Street Journal, but in a growing number of wealthy families the breasts are rented. The ancient practice of wet nursing has been reborn, but with a capitalist bent: "Many people look down... More »

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(Newser) - The number of Chinese babies hospitalized with kidney problems after drinking contaminated milk formula has skyrocketed to 13,000, the country's health ministry said today —more than double previous estimates of 6,000. Four children have died so far, AFP reports, in the outbreak blamed on melamine, the same... More »

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 Chinese Recall Milk as Tainting Scandal Spreads

Melamine found in 10% of milk from top dairies; massive recalls begin

Sep 19, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Milk from some of China's biggest dairies has been found to contain poisonous melamine, prompting authorities to clear shelves of dairy products, in addition to the earlier recall of tainted infant formula, the BBC reports. A watchdog group found the banned chemical in 10% of samples from three dairies, including... More »

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 Made in China: 
 Toxic Baby Formula 

Dangerous food may be in some US markets

Sep 12, 08 2:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - Baby formula made in China has been found to contain melamine, the same toxic substance that contaminated pet food and poisoned thousands of US dogs and cats last year. None of the formula is in the general US food supply—but some may be on the shelves in American Asian... More »

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