AP: A dozen more Chinese dairy companies accused

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

A dozen more Chinese dairy companies accused

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN, Associated Press Writer
18 minutes ago

BEIJING - More than a dozen additional Chinese dairy
companies were named as violators after new tests on
their milk powder products, further broadening a
scandal affecting products ranging from baby formula
to chocolate, authorities said.

The contamination has been blamed for the deaths of
four children and kidney ailments among 54,000 others.
More than 13,000 children have been hospitalized and
27 people arrested in connection with the tainting.
An additional 31 batches of Chinese milk powder were
found tainted with the industrial chemical melamine,
according to data seen on the food safety
administration's Web site Wednesday. Out of the 20
companies on the list, 15 have not been named in
previous tests.

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The new figure brings to at least 100 the number of
tested batches of milk powder found to contain melamine.
Dozens of brands sold by more than a score of dairy
firms, including some of China's biggest names, have
been among those tested.

Tests have also found melamine in 24 batches of liquid
milk produced by three of the country's best known
dairy firms.

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Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_tainted_milk

[jimshoes]

1. Thank God the Govt. at least is blocking

the re-importation of cheaper phamacuticals to protect us from the danger of saving some money. Toxic food on the other hand won't hurt Big Pharma's bottom line all that much.

[pnutbutr]

2. Is the Chinese government

implementing regulations to curb the problems they have been having with various products over the past years or is it just slapping some wrists and allowing unregulated capitalism to continue in the interest of speedy growth?