Chinese milk producers putting melamine in baby milk

BEIJING -- 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.

In Taiwan, authorities seized thousands of bags of Chinese milk powder. The incident reflects China's enduring problems with product safety despite a shake-up of its regulatory system after a spate of warnings and recalls about tainted toothpaste, faulty tires and other goods.

The biggest group of victims is in China itself, where shoddy or counterfeit products are common. Infants, hospital patients and others have been killed or injured by tainted or fake milk, medicines, liquor and other products.

In 2004, more than 200 infants suffered malnutrition and at least 12 died after being fed phony formula with no nutrients. Some 40 companies were found to be making phony formula

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[1nsfen]

japan stuff is of much higher quality, boycotted made-in-china goods long ago

[samgee2007]

China is spreading another virus that could kill many lives through their cheap (low costs) products.. People buy them because of practicality and affordability. But why is that they are only thinking about having much profit without thinking about the implications of their made products?

[zofronio]

The world should unite and nuke these DOWN SYNDROME-INFECTED MONGOLOID CHINKS contaminate the Earth with their poisons and global warming inducing products.

[andyhwang2009]

@AntiChinksFederation

You are parasites. China is big race and 5000 year history. Your race is  parasite.

[andyhwang2009]

CNN) -- Cargill Meat Solutions Corp. has recalled about 8,500 pounds of ground beef that may be contaminated with E. coli, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Saturday.

The move came after three people, two in Maine and one in New York, were identified as becoming ill from a strain of E. coli, the government said.

[andyhwang2009]

@AntiChinksFederation

you pigs. You are trash, scum, garbage , mother fucker , stupid . You talking are nonsense. Many babies and people died in egg and beef salmonella food poison made by US company in USA . What will you say? you are hypocrites.

[andyhwang2009]

@Jorge235ful

you pigs. You are trash, scum, garbage , mother fucker , stupid . You talking are nonsense. Many babies and people died in egg and beef salmonella food poison made by US company in USA . What will you say? you are hypocrites.

[andyhwang2009]

@AntiChinksFederation

You are from China but yo hate china and chinese. You are traitor of  chinese. You are trash, scum, garbage , mother fucker , stupid . You talking are nonsense. Are you Chinese or other race? You are traitor of Chinese if you are chinese. You get out of China if you are muslim . Many babies and people died in egg and beef salmonella food poison made by US company in USA . What will you say?

[Jorge235ful]

Shame on you commie chinese pigs. No one is capable of poisoning their own children but you people.

[andyhwang2009]

CNN you lied. These poison products are made by American companies in China , not made by Chinese companies. These American companies import into USA . Shame on you CNN.