Melamine Arrests in China ...it is happening AGAIN!

Six arrested in melamine-tainted milk scandal
Police have arrested six suspects and detained another 41 for allegedly participating in the production and distribution of melamine-tainted milk powder, food safety authorities said over the weekend. In the latest national crackdown on toxic milk products, as of Friday the police had seized 227 tons of newly discovered melamine-contaminated milk powder after the previous nationwide crackdown in 2008. The goods included 124 tons from a dairy in Northwest China's Qinghai province and 103 tons by other manufacturers in Hebei, Shanxi, Heilongjiang provinces and Tianjin municipality, the national food safety regulating work office said in a statement. Asia One News, August 24, 2010

Dairy Companies Face New Questions in China Mounting questions about abnormal hormone levels in several Chinese infants who demonstrated early signs of puberty have again put a Chinese milk supplier and New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd. on the defensive about their products. The Chinese company at the center of the latest questions, Nasdaq-listed Synutra International Inc., insists it isn't to blame for symptoms of sexual prematurity in babies, including breast growth. On Synutra's website, it says the company has never added illegal hormones to its milk products, and questions links between its product and the babies' signs of puberty. Wall Street Journal, 08/12/2010

Infant Formula in China Poisoning Babies with Estrogen The China Daily first reported evidence which overwhelmingly pointed to infant formula as the cause behind three infants, who had earlier indicating adult levels of estrogen. The increased levels in the infants has cause early puberty symptoms, such as breast development and vaginal discharge. Children-The World Affairs Blog Network, 08/12/2010

Chinese Milk Found Tainted With Melamine Authorities in China have found contaminated milk in as many as three provinces and also reported the second death related to the contamination. The milk has reportedly affected 1200 people all over. Thaindian News, 07/12/2010

China recalls over 170 tons of contaminated milk powder in latest crackdown
Chinese health monitoring authorities have recalled over 170 tons of milk powder during a ten -day nationwide crackdown on melamine-tainted dairy products. According to the China Daily, two dairy companies in the country’s Ningxia Hui autonomous region were closed for selling tainted milk powder on Saturday, while candies made with tainted milk powder were found in Jilin province on Sunday. The Ningxia Tiantian Dairy Co Ltd and Ningxia Panda Dairy Co Ltd have been sealed after the raid. A third company, Ningxia Tiantian Dairy Co Ltd, is also under investigation for accepting and selling about 170 tons of milk powder, melamine-tainted products left over from the 2008 scandal that should have been destroyed. Officials said that from July to November last year(2009), the company repacked 164.75 tons of the affected powder in their own packages and sold it to five factories in the Inner Mongolia autonomous region, Fujian and Guangdong provinces. Thaindian News, 02/09/2010

China bans more milk products tainted with melamine
Milk products of three dairies were banned from Chinese markets after health officials found them contaminated with melamine, a chemical which caused the deaths of six children and illness of 300,000 across the country in 2008.
Three companies have been found selling milk products tainted with melamine and their products manufactured between March and April 2009 have been ordered off shelves by the health department in Guizhou province, China Daily reported quoting local media. Investigations have been ordered into the three batches of products manufactured by Shandong Zibo Lusaier Dairy Company Ltd, Liaoning Tieling Wuzhou Food Company Ltd and Laoting Kaida Refrigeration Plant at Tangshan, Hebei province, an official said. The National Business Daily reported that melamine-tainted products were found and banned in Sichuan province and Jiangsu province last December. Thaindian News, 01/25/2010