The parents of the first child to die from ingesting melamine-tainted infant formula has accepted compensation from Sanlu Group, the dairy company at the heart of the scandal, their lawyers say. They have taken the 200,000 yuan ($29,000) death payout under the standardized compensation scheme announced last month by China’s dairy association and the 22 [...]
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September 22, 2008
Tainted Dairy Products Scandal Deepens, Claims First Central Government Official
The most senior head to date has rolled in the tainted dairy products scandal. Li Changjiang has resigned as head of the agency responsible for ensuring China’s food supply chain is safe.
Li is the first central government official to lose his job over the scandal, but several local officials have been sacked and several dozen [...]
September 20, 2008
More Tainted Dairy Products, More Anger, Less Confidence
It now not just melamine in baby formula from one company sold in three provinces, but in dairy products nationwide, and beyond. Chinese dairy products are being pulled off shelves in Hong Kong and Japan. Malaysia and Singapore have banned Chinese milk imports.
At home, consumer outrage is growing. Beijing has ordered free medical treatment for [...]
September 16, 2008
Tainted Baby Formula Scandal Widens
The scope of the melamine-contaminated baby milk scandal continues to widen. Batches of tainted formula have now been found produced by 22 companies across China, according to TV reports, here via AFP.
This will shift the focus from Sanlu Group, which has been criticised for being slow to recall the affected products, to the milk brokers [...]
September 15, 2008
Two Dead As Baby Milk Scandal Widens
Two babies have died and 1,253 are stricken with kidney stones as a result of tainted milk powder, the Health ministry now says. Fifty-three of the sick babies are in critical condition. Most of the cases have occurred in Hebei, Jiangsu and Gansu provinces. The two deaths were in Gansu.
This is a big jump in [...]
September 14, 2008
Sanlu Accused Of Delaying Tainted Baby Milk Recall
Reports are now emerging that the dairy at the center of the tainted baby milk affair, Sanlu Group, knew that their product contained melamine six weeks before ordering a recall. The affected milk powder has been linked to kidney stones in more than 430 babies.
New Zealand farming group, Fonterra Co-operative Group, which owns 43% of [...]
September 13, 2008
Tainted Baby Milk Powder Recalled
Product safety standards are back in the news with the recall of tainted baby milk. Melamine has been added to milk powder that has been linked to kidney stones in more than 400 infants. Nineteen people have been detained in connection with the incidents and a wide ranging investigation is underway. The dairy involved, Sanlu [...]
