Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:
China considering compensation for milk victims Chinese authorities recently said six children died and 290,000 children suffered "urinary system abnormalities," apparently after consuming Sanlu-brand milk powder and a "handful of other milk powder brands with problems." A spokesman for the Ministry of Health, Mao Qun'an, said the "relevant departments are now assessing a compensation plan for the Sanlu infant milk powder incident," according to the Ministry website (www.moh.gov.cn) on Wednesday. (Reuters, 12/10/2008)
China court refuses to accept tainted milk lawsuit A court on Monday refused to accept a lawsuit filed against a Chinese dairy by dozens of families who said their children were sickened or killed by tainted milk. The 63 defendants in the first-known group lawsuit stemming from the scandal, including the parents of two children who died, were seeking nearly 14 million yuan ($2 million) in compensation from state-owned Sanlu Group Co. (AP, 12/09/2008)
Walgreens Recalls Melamine-Tainted Chocolate Walgreens is recalling 173 teddy bears with chocolate bars sold in stores since late September 2008, the company said in a press release. The results of a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) analysis found that samples of the chocolate included with the teddy bear products were contaminated with the toxic industrial chemical melamine. (NewsInferno, 12/08/2008)
EU targets Chinese soy imports in new melamine scare The European Union (EU) decided to extend restrictions on Chinese food imports after high levels of the toxic chemical melamine were found in soya products. Imports of all other feed and food products containing soya from China would have to be tested and only products containing less that 2.5 milligrams of melamine per kilogramme would be allowed into the EU. Under the decisions, shipments of Chinese-made baking powder into the EU will also have to be tested after high levels of melamine were found. (AFP, 12/03/08)
China Reports Many Times More Victims of Tainted Baby Formula Chinese officials on Monday issued new figures for the number of children affected by tainted dairy products, saying that as many as six babies might have died and nearly 300,000 were sickened after consuming contaminated milk powder. (New York Times, 12/02/2008)
KKR Invests in Chinese Dairy Farm U.S. private-equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. is betting around $100 million that it can help clean up China's scandal-tainted dairy industry by teaming with the country's No. 1 milk producer to invest in a dairy-farm company. KKR is part of a consortium investing in Mengniu Modern Animal Husbandry (Group) Co. including Hong Kong-listed China Mengniu Dairy Co., the country's top milk producer, and a fund established by China Mengniu Dairy's Chairman Niu Gensheng, according to a statement on a Chinese Ministry of Commerce Web site. A person familiar with the situation said KKR's portion of the investment is roughly $100 million. (Wall Street Journal, 12/02/2008)
Video: Tainted Chinese milk continues to kill (AlJazeera, 11/29/2008)
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