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NEWS ABOUT: tainted milk

tainted milk stories: 12 news summaries

(Newser) - A British milk ad showing an angry black-spotted bull "purifying" himself white is racist, consumers are bellowing—charges a UK advertising council has labeled bull. "Viewers were likely to understand that the black-and-white bulls were intended as a metaphor for milk and were unlikely to interpret the purification... More »

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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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 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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 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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 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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 53K Tots Now Sick 
 on Tainted Chinese Formula 

PM: manufacturers are 'heartless'

Sep 22, 08 6:56 AM CDT
(Newser) - China's quality-control chief has stepped down as the number of Chinese babies reported sickened by contaminated formula has soared to 53,000, CNN reports. Some 13,000 have been hospitalized; 40,000 more have been treated as outpatients. One ill toddler has been reported in Hong Kong. Chinese premier Wen... 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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