Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination

Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:

China's Wen Promotes Overhauls TIANJIN, China -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao defended his government's handling of a scandal over tainted milk products and promised to fix the country's dairy industry as lawyers advising some of the scandal's victims said they have been cautioned by local officials to limit their activities. (Wall Street Journal, 09/29/2008)

Three dairy companies lose Famous Brand status Three leading dairy companies have been removed from China's Famous Brands list after their milk was found to be contaminated with melamine, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said on Friday. "In order to preserve the reputation of China's Famous Brands, the AQSIQ decided to revoke the titles given to Yili and Mengniu groups (both based in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region), and Shanghai-based Bright Diary," the agency said. (China Daily, 09/28/2008)

Chinese Food Scandal: Minister clarifies melamine-free label Department of Health Minister Yeh Ching-chuan (葉金川) told reporters yesterday that “no melamine detected” does not mean a product contains zero parts per million (ppm) of melamine. (Taipei Times, 09/28/2008)

Hong Kong finds melamine in Chinese-made milk tablets, Hong Kong authorities said Saturday that Chinese-made milk tablets have been found to contain traces of the industrial chemical melamine (Taiwan News, 09/27/2008)

San Lu milk powder has lethal bacteria The Gansu Bureau of Quality and Technical Supervision in northwest China issued an emergency notice saying San Lu's formulas for older babies contained enterobacter sakazakii as well as melamine, the Lanzhou Morning Post reported. Described as lethal, enterobacter sakazakii can cause meningitis or severe gut infections and is recognised by the World Health Organisation as a key pathogen that leads to infant mortality.(New Zealand Herald, 09/26/2008)

Vigilance needed to ensure safe infant food Geneva/Rome: WHO and the UN Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) are urging affected countries to ensure safe feeding of millions of infants following the ongoing melamine-contaminated milk crisis in China. (World Heath Organization, 09/26/2008)

FDA Updates Health Information Advisory on Melamine Contamination, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is alerting consumers that seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products are being recalled by the Taiwanese company, King Car Food Industrial Co. Ltd., due to possible contamination with melamine. (United States Food & Drug Administration, 09/26/2008)

QFCO, Inc. Recalls White Rabbit Candy Because of Possible Health Risk QFCO, Inc. of Burlingame, California is recalling White Rabbit Candy because it may be contaminated with Melamine. Product was distributed to the states of CA, GA, HI, IL, MN, NY, OR, TX, WA through wholesale distributors to retail stores. (United States Food & Drug Administration, 09/26/2008)

Macau tests finds Chinese cookies tainted with melamine Hong Kong – The Macau government says its tests have found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese-made chocolate-filled cookies. (GMA News TV, 09/25/2008)

Got Melamine? 53,000 Chinese Children Did - In Their Milk Exposure of Chinese infants and children to melamine-tainted milk turns out to have far been worse than was reported a few days ago. (TreeHugger.com, 09/23/2008)

Chinese milk containing melamine found in Vietnam, Hanoi - Vietnamese consumers are avoiding milk after local authorities found 18 tons of Chinese milk containing toxic melamine in Ho Chi Minh City (Monsters & Critics.com, 09/23/2008)

Timeline For China's Tainted Milk Scandal Following the scandal, at least seven Chinese officials have been removed, including the quality control chief. Below is the timeline for major development of the widening scandal that has sparked fear beyond China. (The Economic Observer Online-China, 09/23/2008)

More than 54,000 affected by Chinese milk scandal BEIJING -- The number of Chinese infants sick in hospital after drinking tainted milk formula doubled as the country's top quality regulator resigned in the latest blight on the "made-in-China" brand. (National Post, 09/22/2008)

China: 'Out of control' dairy system led to abuse BEIJING — China's agriculture minister acknowledged Tuesday that the country's milk-gathering system was "out of control" and led to abuses that put contaminated dairy products in stores across Asia, sickening some 54,000 babies and killing four. (USA Today, 09/22/2008)

Toxic Chinese Milk Poisons 53,000 Children: Chronology of Events A chronology of events in the tainted baby formula scandal that has been blamed for the deaths of four infants and for sickening nearly 53,000 others in China. (The Huffington Post 09/22/2008)

Melamine Found in Chinese-Made Nestle Milk The Hong Kong government says its tests have found the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese-made Nestle brand milk. (FOX news.com 09/21/2008)

Melamine-contaminated powdered infant formula in China (World Health Organization, 09/19/2008)





Official Sacked, Former Sanlu Chairwoman Detained in Milk Scandal (Beijing Review 09/17/2008)

Milk scandal fears mount as 4th infant dies SHANGHAI: In a rare move, the state-controlled media Thursday highlighted the fact that "foreign" milk products are safe for babies. The tainted baby milk scandal claimed another life Thursday as frightened parents continued to crowd hospitals across China and worried consumers began to fret about the safety of ordinary milk, ice cream and yogurt.(The Windsor Star, 09/15/2008)