AP: Chinese dairy knew milk fault weeks before recall

[Eugene]

Source: Associated Press

Chinese dairy knew milk fault weeks before recall

By JOE McDONALD – 2 hours ago

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese dairy that sold milk powder linked
to kidney stones in infants knew it contained a banned chemical
weeks before ordering a recall, the health minister said Saturday.

One child has died and an official said the number of children
sickened had risen to 432.

Investigators have detained 19 people and are questioning 78 to
find out how melamine was added to milk supplied to Sanlu Group
Co., China's biggest milk powder producer, officials said at a
news conference. They said some tainted powder was exported
to Taiwan but none was sent to other foreign markets.

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Chinese officials defended the speed of their response to the
country's latest product safety disaster. They said authorities
were only told of the contamination Monday, even though Sanlu
received complaints as early as March and its tests found
melamine in August.

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[GreenPartyVoter]

1. Repubs who push deregulation should have to read all about

the disasters of this nature in China.

Poor little babies!! :cry:

[Pterodactyl]

2. The government of China sucks.

Those bastards should be kicked out of office and they should have multiparty democracy with more transparency.

[Selatius]

3. The Communist Party let this happen because these corporations regularly bribe party officials.

And it would have continued had people not been injured, like with the lead toys and the poisoned food and now with milk products.