Monday, January 24, 2011
Clenbuterol
Skinny pigs, poison pork: China battles farm drugs, It has shown up frequently in pork but also in snake dishes in south China and beef from the far western Xinjiang region, sending diners to the hospital with stomach aches and heart palpitations. Clenbuterol, known in China simply as "lean meat powder," is a dangerous drug that's banned in China yet stubbornly continues to pop up in the food supply, laced into animal feed by farmers impatient to get their meat to market and turn a profit. In a country with an appetite-killing roster of food safety issues — from deadly infant formula to honey laced with dangerous antimicrobials and eggs dyed with cancer-causing pigments — the problem of clenbuterol-tainted pork is widely considered to be one of China's biggest food threats. Yahoo News, AP 01/24/2011
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
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 crackdownChinese 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
Sunday, January 31, 2010
Now it is cadmium in Children's Jewlery
It should be no surprise that Chinese manufactures are accused of another poisoning incident. This time it is alleged that Chinese manufacturers are using cadmium in children's jewelry.
Princess and the Frog pendants recalled due to high levels of cadmium “Princess and the Frog” pendants sold exclusively by Walmart are being recalled due to high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, a known carcinogen. Affecting approximately 55,000 items sold at a price of $5.00 each, Rhode Island-based jewelry company, FAF Inc., is voluntarily recalling the pendants in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The pendants, manufactured and imported from China and sold at Walmart stores since November 2009, were distributed in conjunction with the release of the Walt Disney Company animated movie “The Princess and The Frog.” The two items of jewelry being recalled—a crown pendant with UPC number 72783367144 and a frog pendant with UPC number 72783367147 should be returned to any Walmart store for a refund or replacement product.Examiner, 01/30/2010
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 01/29/2010
Trinkets in Trash After Cadmium Warning, ABC News, 01/15/2010
CPSC Chairman’s Statement on Cadmium in Children’s Products Childrens Product Safety Commission Chairman, 01/11/2010
Toxic lead replaced by even more toxic cadmium in children's toys, trinkets There's more trouble in toyland. Now that lead has been banned from children’s products, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the even more dangerous heavy metal cadmium, especially in costume jewelry, an Associated Press investigation reveals. Cadmium is a known carcinogen that, like lead, can delay brain development in young children, leading to learning disabilities. Research also shows that long-term exposure can cause cancer and kidney problems. The AP purchased 103 pieces at national and regional store chains in New York, Ohio, Texas and California. A lab analysis revealed that the most contaminated trinket contained 91 percent cadmium by weight, while other objects tested at dangerous levels including 89 percent, 86 percent and 84 percent by weight. Twelve percent of the pieces contained at least 10 percent cadmium. Some of the most toxic toys were bracelet charms sold at Wal-Mart, as well as at the Claire’s jewelry franchise and in Disney’s "The Princess and the Frog" movie-themed pendants. NY Daily News, 01/10/2010
Princess and the Frog pendants recalled due to high levels of cadmium “Princess and the Frog” pendants sold exclusively by Walmart are being recalled due to high levels of the toxic metal cadmium, a known carcinogen. Affecting approximately 55,000 items sold at a price of $5.00 each, Rhode Island-based jewelry company, FAF Inc., is voluntarily recalling the pendants in cooperation with the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. The pendants, manufactured and imported from China and sold at Walmart stores since November 2009, were distributed in conjunction with the release of the Walt Disney Company animated movie “The Princess and The Frog.” The two items of jewelry being recalled—a crown pendant with UPC number 72783367144 and a frog pendant with UPC number 72783367147 should be returned to any Walmart store for a refund or replacement product.Examiner, 01/30/2010
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission 01/29/2010
Trinkets in Trash After Cadmium Warning, ABC News, 01/15/2010CPSC Chairman’s Statement on Cadmium in Children’s Products Childrens Product Safety Commission Chairman, 01/11/2010
Toxic lead replaced by even more toxic cadmium in children's toys, trinkets There's more trouble in toyland. Now that lead has been banned from children’s products, some Chinese manufacturers have been substituting the even more dangerous heavy metal cadmium, especially in costume jewelry, an Associated Press investigation reveals. Cadmium is a known carcinogen that, like lead, can delay brain development in young children, leading to learning disabilities. Research also shows that long-term exposure can cause cancer and kidney problems. The AP purchased 103 pieces at national and regional store chains in New York, Ohio, Texas and California. A lab analysis revealed that the most contaminated trinket contained 91 percent cadmium by weight, while other objects tested at dangerous levels including 89 percent, 86 percent and 84 percent by weight. Twelve percent of the pieces contained at least 10 percent cadmium. Some of the most toxic toys were bracelet charms sold at Wal-Mart, as well as at the Claire’s jewelry franchise and in Disney’s "The Princess and the Frog" movie-themed pendants. NY Daily News, 01/10/2010
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Parents Detained
Three parents of children sickened in China’s 2008 tainted-milk scandal were detained after observing the one-year anniversary of the milk scandal, and another who planned to join them has been taken to an unofficial “black prison,” victims’ parents say. Guo Caihong and Zhou Jinzhong from central Henan province and Xiang Qingyu from southern Jiangsu province met last Friday at a restaurant in suburban Beijing’s Daxing county, parents said. But authorities then detained and questioned them. Chinese authorities are jittery and eager to crack down on dissent ahead of the 60th anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party on Oct. 1. Police have arrested or detained leading dissidents and are harassing lawyers who defend them. Radio Free Asia, 09/14/2009
Let's help get these parents out of China's Black Prison
Guo Caihong
Zhou Jinzhong
Xiang Qingyu
Let's help get these parents out of China's Black Prison
Guo Caihong
Zhou Jinzhong
Xiang Qingyu
Tuesday, November 24, 2009
November 24, 2009 , 2-Chinese Executed
China executed two milk producers on Tuesday for selling more than three million pounds of contaminated milk powder in connection with a food-safety scandal that killed six infants, shocking the country last year. The authorities described the two men who were executed, Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping, as among the biggest culprits of the scandal. Mr. Zhang was found guilty of selling more than 1.3 million pounds of tainted milk powder from July 2007 to August 2008, and Mr. Geng was convicted of selling more than 1.9 million pounds of contaminated product. Nineteen other people were tried and sentenced in January for their roles in the scheme. Fifteen of them were imprisoned for terms ranging from 2 to 15 years. One received a suspended death sentence, and three received life sentences. The New York Times, 11/24/2009Authorities in the northern Chinese city of Shijiazhuang have executed two people for their role in a tainted baby milk scandal which killed at least six children and sickened hundreds of thousands. The announcement came as groups of supporters called for the release of Zhao Lianhai, an activist parent who campaigned for the right to file lawsuits on behalf of other parents whose children were affected. Zhao was detained by Beijing police for "inciting affray" after he traveled to the capital with 41 other parents in the hope of attracting the attention of authorities during U.S. President Barack Obama's state visit. Radio Free Asia, 11/25/2009
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination -cont- #8
Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:
Melamine policy was clear: Ferrier Fonterra told its Chinese subsidiary Sanlu that it should not handle any milk with melamine, chief executive Andrew Ferrier said yesterday. (Otago Times, 01/29/2009)
Convicted Sanlu boss blames Fonterra Former Sanlu chairwoman Tian Wenhua, 66, sentenced last week to life in prison, says a Fonterra-appointed director gave her a document stating the European Union's permitted levels of the industrial chemical melamine. Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier confirmed to the Herald yesterday that Tian had been given a document by a Fonterra board member. However, he said Fonterra was "vividly clear" to Sanlu that the only acceptable level of melamine was zero. (New Zealand Herald, 01/28/2009)
Conviction in Sanlu case just a start The convictions of Tian, members of Sanlu's top management and others involved in adding melamine to raw milk will not close to the scandal. (China Daily, 01/22/2009)
Melamine policy was clear: Ferrier Fonterra told its Chinese subsidiary Sanlu that it should not handle any milk with melamine, chief executive Andrew Ferrier said yesterday. (Otago Times, 01/29/2009)
Convicted Sanlu boss blames Fonterra Former Sanlu chairwoman Tian Wenhua, 66, sentenced last week to life in prison, says a Fonterra-appointed director gave her a document stating the European Union's permitted levels of the industrial chemical melamine. Fonterra chief executive Andrew Ferrier confirmed to the Herald yesterday that Tian had been given a document by a Fonterra board member. However, he said Fonterra was "vividly clear" to Sanlu that the only acceptable level of melamine was zero. (New Zealand Herald, 01/28/2009)Conviction in Sanlu case just a start The convictions of Tian, members of Sanlu's top management and others involved in adding melamine to raw milk will not close to the scandal. (China Daily, 01/22/2009)
Friday, January 9, 2009
Arrests and Convictions in Melamine Contamination
Who are the individuals that have been arrested in the melamine poisoning case? Previously the number of arrests in the case had been reported at sixty. Xinhau now states that 1173 individuals have been arrested and 1,244 government officials have been investigated on corruption charges.
China Death Sentences May Protect Exports After Milk Scandal (1) Zhang Yujun, a cattle farmer in eastern China, made almost $1 million selling a toxic concoction that milk buyers used to doctor dairy products and boost profits, killing six infants. Now Zhang will pay with his life. One middleman, (2) Geng Jinping, was convicted of adding Zhang’s powder to watered-down milk, according to state-run China Daily. Geng was sentenced to death by the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People’s Court for adding 434 kilograms (957 pounds) of the mixture to about 900 tons of fresh milk. Former Sanlu Chairwoman (3) Tian Wenhua was sentenced to life in prison and fined more than 20 million yuan for continuing to sell tainted products after she found out about the contamination, China Daily reported. Sanlu shut down production in September and filed for bankruptcy. Another defendant, (4) Gao Junjie, received a death sentence, suspended for two years, for making more than 70 tons of melamine-laced powder with his wife. That sentence typically is commuted to life in prison. (Bloomberg, 01/29/2009)
Verdicts due 'soon' in trial of Chinese melamine milk suspects A Chinese court is to announce "soon" its verdict in the case of 21 suspects charged over last year's melamine-tainted milk scandal that left at least six children dead, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. "The court will announce the verdicts soon," Zhang told the ongoing annual session of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress. A total of 1,173 suspects in the Hebei Province have been arrested in connection with the case and 1,244 government officials have been investigated on corruption charges, according to Xinhua. (Russian News & Information Agency, 01/11/2009)
China said Friday it had arrested a total of 60 people in the tainted milk scandal that led to the deaths of at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others. Police had arrested them for "producing or selling toxic and harmful food products," China's Ministry of Public Security said on its website, as it summarized actions taken since the scandal erupted in September last year. It did not give details on who the 60 people were.
The official Xinhua News Agency said all six suspects arrested Thursday worked in Inner Mongolia, a region of sprawling grasslands that has become China's dairy heartland. Countless small dairy farms dot the grasslands, with milk collected at stations and then sold to large dairy companies. One suspect, identified by Xinhua only by his surname Cui, ran a collection station and allegedly confessed to mixing about 25 gallons of water to 544 gallons of fresh milk. He then added 21 ounces — about three or four cups — of fake protein, which contained melamine, to hide the fact that it was diluted. Xinhua said he sold the tainted batch to Mengniu Dairy Group Co. on Sept. 18 — well after the deaths and illnesses of infants due to melamine had begun to appear in local Chinese media. The report said police also arrested a man named Sun who ran a store in Inner Mongolia's capital of Hohhot and is accused of selling 44 pounds of the fake protein powder to Cui for $54. The powder's packaging allegedly had no description of its ingredients, date of production or name of manufacturer. Four others were arrested on suspicion of selling melamine-tainted whey powder to milk or adding melamine products to milk. Authorities had previously arrested 36 people in northern China's Hebei province, which is the home of Sanlu Group Co., the company at the center of the tainted milk crisis. Those arrested include Tian Wenhua, the company's chairwoman and general manager.
Nine people have been arrested in China's Hebei Province for allegedly taking part in the production or purchase of the substance melamine, police say. Police allege that eight of the suspects purchased unspecified amounts of melamine, the substance blamed in the contamination of Chinese milk products. The ninth suspect allegedly produced more than 600 tons of a mixture containing melamine, China's state-run official Xinhua news agency said Friday. Police say suspect Zhang Yujun was arrested for allegedly creating a mixture containing both melamine and maltodextrin between August 2007 and September 2008. The nine arrests this week brought the running tally of Chinese arrests in relation to the contaminated milk scandal to 36, Xinhua reported.
According to Food Chemical News (November 10), China has arrested the owner of a poultry feed company in Liaoning Province. The numbers are interesting. Reportedly, he admitted buying 45 tons of melamine in July, using it to produce 287 tons of chicken feed, and selling 212 tons to the Dalian Hanovo Enterprise Group, the company that produced melamine-contaminated eggs sent all over China. The remaining 75 tons has been destroyed.
The Chinese news agency Xinhua said that of the 22 people detained, 19 were managers of 17 pastures, breeding farms and milk purchasing stations. Police arrested 12 more people in an early morning Hebei Province sweep on Thursday amid an intensifying crackdown involving tainted milk powder that has killed three infants and sickened 6,244 others. Shi Guizhong, spokesman for the Hebei Provincial Security Department, said 18 suspects have been formally arrested so far. Ten others were detained. All 18 suspects were said to be residents of greater Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei. Six allegedly sold the industrial chemical melamine, while the remaining 12 were dealers suspected of selling contaminated milk. Police also seized some 300 kg of suspicious chemicals, of which 222.5 kg proved to be melamine. One suspect surnamed Su, who was arrested on Tuesday, confessed during police interrogation that he bought 200 bags of melamine, each weighing 20 kg, between February 2007 and July 2008 at a cost of 200 yuan (about 28.6 U.S. dollars) and resold the chemical to milk dealerships at 218 yuan. The police is hunting for milk dealer Xue Jianzhong, who allegedly added melamine to his milk. Xue was put on the wanted list late on Wednesday.
China Death Sentences May Protect Exports After Milk Scandal (1) Zhang Yujun, a cattle farmer in eastern China, made almost $1 million selling a toxic concoction that milk buyers used to doctor dairy products and boost profits, killing six infants. Now Zhang will pay with his life. One middleman, (2) Geng Jinping, was convicted of adding Zhang’s powder to watered-down milk, according to state-run China Daily. Geng was sentenced to death by the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People’s Court for adding 434 kilograms (957 pounds) of the mixture to about 900 tons of fresh milk. Former Sanlu Chairwoman (3) Tian Wenhua was sentenced to life in prison and fined more than 20 million yuan for continuing to sell tainted products after she found out about the contamination, China Daily reported. Sanlu shut down production in September and filed for bankruptcy. Another defendant, (4) Gao Junjie, received a death sentence, suspended for two years, for making more than 70 tons of melamine-laced powder with his wife. That sentence typically is commuted to life in prison. (Bloomberg, 01/29/2009)
Verdicts due 'soon' in trial of Chinese melamine milk suspects A Chinese court is to announce "soon" its verdict in the case of 21 suspects charged over last year's melamine-tainted milk scandal that left at least six children dead, the Xinhua news agency said on Sunday. "The court will announce the verdicts soon," Zhang told the ongoing annual session of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress. A total of 1,173 suspects in the Hebei Province have been arrested in connection with the case and 1,244 government officials have been investigated on corruption charges, according to Xinhua. (Russian News & Information Agency, 01/11/2009)
China said Friday it had arrested a total of 60 people in the tainted milk scandal that led to the deaths of at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000 others. Police had arrested them for "producing or selling toxic and harmful food products," China's Ministry of Public Security said on its website, as it summarized actions taken since the scandal erupted in September last year. It did not give details on who the 60 people were.
The official Xinhua News Agency said all six suspects arrested Thursday worked in Inner Mongolia, a region of sprawling grasslands that has become China's dairy heartland. Countless small dairy farms dot the grasslands, with milk collected at stations and then sold to large dairy companies. One suspect, identified by Xinhua only by his surname Cui, ran a collection station and allegedly confessed to mixing about 25 gallons of water to 544 gallons of fresh milk. He then added 21 ounces — about three or four cups — of fake protein, which contained melamine, to hide the fact that it was diluted. Xinhua said he sold the tainted batch to Mengniu Dairy Group Co. on Sept. 18 — well after the deaths and illnesses of infants due to melamine had begun to appear in local Chinese media. The report said police also arrested a man named Sun who ran a store in Inner Mongolia's capital of Hohhot and is accused of selling 44 pounds of the fake protein powder to Cui for $54. The powder's packaging allegedly had no description of its ingredients, date of production or name of manufacturer. Four others were arrested on suspicion of selling melamine-tainted whey powder to milk or adding melamine products to milk. Authorities had previously arrested 36 people in northern China's Hebei province, which is the home of Sanlu Group Co., the company at the center of the tainted milk crisis. Those arrested include Tian Wenhua, the company's chairwoman and general manager.
Nine people have been arrested in China's Hebei Province for allegedly taking part in the production or purchase of the substance melamine, police say. Police allege that eight of the suspects purchased unspecified amounts of melamine, the substance blamed in the contamination of Chinese milk products. The ninth suspect allegedly produced more than 600 tons of a mixture containing melamine, China's state-run official Xinhua news agency said Friday. Police say suspect Zhang Yujun was arrested for allegedly creating a mixture containing both melamine and maltodextrin between August 2007 and September 2008. The nine arrests this week brought the running tally of Chinese arrests in relation to the contaminated milk scandal to 36, Xinhua reported.
According to Food Chemical News (November 10), China has arrested the owner of a poultry feed company in Liaoning Province. The numbers are interesting. Reportedly, he admitted buying 45 tons of melamine in July, using it to produce 287 tons of chicken feed, and selling 212 tons to the Dalian Hanovo Enterprise Group, the company that produced melamine-contaminated eggs sent all over China. The remaining 75 tons has been destroyed.
The Chinese news agency Xinhua said that of the 22 people detained, 19 were managers of 17 pastures, breeding farms and milk purchasing stations. Police arrested 12 more people in an early morning Hebei Province sweep on Thursday amid an intensifying crackdown involving tainted milk powder that has killed three infants and sickened 6,244 others. Shi Guizhong, spokesman for the Hebei Provincial Security Department, said 18 suspects have been formally arrested so far. Ten others were detained. All 18 suspects were said to be residents of greater Shijiazhuang, the capital of Hebei. Six allegedly sold the industrial chemical melamine, while the remaining 12 were dealers suspected of selling contaminated milk. Police also seized some 300 kg of suspicious chemicals, of which 222.5 kg proved to be melamine. One suspect surnamed Su, who was arrested on Tuesday, confessed during police interrogation that he bought 200 bags of melamine, each weighing 20 kg, between February 2007 and July 2008 at a cost of 200 yuan (about 28.6 U.S. dollars) and resold the chemical to milk dealerships at 218 yuan. The police is hunting for milk dealer Xue Jianzhong, who allegedly added melamine to his milk. Xue was put on the wanted list late on Wednesday.
Wednesday, January 7, 2009
US Food and Drug Administration Report on Infant Formula
Here is the link to the Domestic Infant Formula Testing Results, dated January 7, 2009. The FDA has published the results of tests on eighty-nine different brands of infant formula, based on the presence of Melamine and Cyanuric Acid. The FDA report indicates the presence of Melamine was found in sample #14 and Cyanuric Acid in sample #1, #3 and #25. No.
Product Brand and Description
Manufacturing Code / Use By Date
Manufacturer
Melamine (ppb)
Cyanuric Acid (ppb)
1
Enfamil Lipil with Iron - 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
ENFLIP QGN89 0744 18508 A / USE BY 1 NOV 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
412, 310
2
Enfamil with Iron - 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
ENFLIP QGN90 1620 18508 B / USE BY 1 NOV 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
3
Enfamil with Iron - 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
ENFLIP QGN91 0440 18608 B / USE BY 1 NOV 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
304, 406, 248
4
Enfamil with Iron - 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
ENFLIP QGN93 1057 18708 A / USE BY 1 NOV 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
5
Enfamil with Iron – 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
ENFLIP QGN94 18708 B / USE BY 1 NOV 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
6
Enfamil Next Step - 1 quart can of milk-based liquid infant formula
NXSTL MGN 05 / USE BY 1 AUG 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
7
Enfamil A.R. Lipil - 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
ENFARL QJN79 / USE BY 1 APR 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
8
Enfamil Next Step Lipil - 24 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
NXSTL QCN44 / USE BY 1 OCT 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
9
Similac Sensitive Lactose-free - 728 gram can infant formula
696114RE 254 1030 / USE BY 2010
Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
10
Parent's Choice Organic/Private Selection Organic - 730 gram containers milk-based infant formula powder
D23ATBV OMLKARA185 / USE BY 23 MAR 2008
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
11
Parent's Choice Sensitivity Lactose Free – 25.75 oz can milk-based infant formula
N11DTCV LFARA242 / USE BY 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
12
President's Choice – 385 ml can soy-based infant formula
E8BO905SC157
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
13
Nestle Follow-Up Transition Iron-Fortified – 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
8276572111 M2C3188 / EXP 01 JAN 2010
Nestle Nutrition
Negative
Negative
14
Nestle Good Start Supreme with Iron – 250 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
8267572123 / USE BY 23 DEC 2009
Nestle Nutrition
137, 140
Negative
15
Nestle NAN Soya – 400 gram can infant formula
828357651Z / EXP 04 SEP 2010
Nestle Nutrition
Negative
Negative
16
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 2 fl oz bottle
PD-07514 / EXP 01 AUG 2008
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
17
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 2 fl oz bottle
PD-07540 / EXP 01 JAN 2009
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
18
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 2 fl oz bottle
PD-07541 / EXP 01 JAN 2009
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
19
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 2 fl oz bottle
PD-07542 / EXP 01 FEB 2009
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
20
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 2 fl oz bottle
PD-07529 / EXP 01 NOV 2008
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
21
Similac Advance with Iron – 13 fl oz can milk-based liquid infant formula
68900RAO / EXP 1 DEC 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
22
Similac Advance Neosure for Premature Babies – 363 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
2010AL1 69588RE2 / USE BY 1 APR 2010
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
23
Enfamil Lipil with Iron – 1 quart can milk-based liquid infant formula
MGN30 / USE BY 1 FEB 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
24
Enfamil LactoFree Lipil – 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
BGN36 / USE BY 1 FEB 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
25
Enfamil Lipil with Iron – 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
QGN92 / USE BY 1 NOV 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
247, 245, 249
26
Enfamil LactoFree Lipil – 1 quart can milk-based liquid infant formula
MGN01 / USE BY 1 AUG 2009
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
27
Enfamil LactoFree Lipil – 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
BHN37 / USE BY 1 MAR 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
28
Enfamil LactoFree Lipil – 12.9 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
BGN35 / USE BY 1 FEB 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
29
Enfamil Gentlease Lipil – 12 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
QGN23 / USE BY 1 MAY 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
30
Parent's Choice with Iron – 1020 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
K10DTDV MLK141 / USE BY 10 JUL 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
31
Parent's Choice with added Calcium – 900 gram can milk-based infant formula powder/ President's Choice Plus with Iron and added Calcium – 1020 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
H12DTAV MFDARA175 / USE BY 12 MAY 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
32
Parent's Choice Organic with Lipids – 25.7 oz milk-based infant formula powder
V20CTDV OMLKARA185 / EXP 10 JUL 2010
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
33
President's Choice Plus with Iron - 1020 gram can soy-based infant formula powder/ Parent's Choice with Iron - 920 gram can soy-based infant formula powder
D24DVLV SOYARA153 / USE BY 24 MAR 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
34
Enfamil Gentlease Lipil – 8 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
GHN01 / USE BY 1 JUN 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
35
Enfamil Nutramigen Lipil– 16 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
BJN74 / USE BY 1 APR 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
36
Enfamil with Iron, concentrated – 385 ml can milk-based infant formula powder [Canadian Label]
MKN50 / EXP 28 APR 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
37
Similac with Iron - 13 fl oz. can milk-based liquid infant formula
6257ORAO / EXP 01 JUL 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
38
Similac Sensitive with Iron – 13 fl oz. can liquid infant formula
69066RAO / EXP 01 APR 2010
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
39
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 2 fl oz bottle
PD-07530 / EXP 01 NOV 2008
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
40
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 13 oz can of powder
PD-08507 / EXP 01 APR 2010
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
41
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 13 oz can of powder
PD-08508 / EXP 01 APR 2010
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
42
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 13 oz can of powder
08552 RF / EXP 01 JUN 2010
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
43
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 13 oz can of powder
PD-08509 / EXP 01 APR 2010
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
44
Infant Formula, Research Use Only - 13 oz can of powder
PD-08510 / EXP 01 APR 2010
Abbott Nutrition, Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
45
Nestle Good Start Supreme with Iron – 24 oz can milk-based infant formula powder
2259 8288572136 GBP1581 / EXP 14 APR 2010
Nestle Nutrition
Negative
Negative
46
Nestle Good Start Supreme – 25.7 oz soy-based infant formula powder
828957652Z HPP9119
Nestle Nutrition
Negative
Negative
47
Similac Alimentum Hypoallergenic for Food Allergies & Colic, with Iron – 16 oz container milk-based infant formula
67313T3 / EXP 01 Aug 2011
Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
48
Calcilo XD Low-Calcium/Vitamin D-Free with Iron – 13.2 oz container milk-based infant formula
69639RB6 / EXP 01 OCT 2011
Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
49
Similac PM 60/40 Low-Iron – 14.1 oz container milk-based infant formula
68411RB / EXP 01 SEP 2010
Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
50
ProViMin Protein-Vitamin-Mineral – 5.3 oz container milk-based infant formula product
648RB6 / USE BY 01 JUL 2009
Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
51
Similac Human Milk Fortifier - 0.031 oz milk-based infant formula product
68624T300 / EXP 01 MAR 2010
Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
52
Enfamil A+ (Birth+) – 370 gram can milk-based infant formula product [Canadian Export]
QJN09 ENPLIP 26708B / EXP 01 APR 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
53
Enfamil A+ (Birth+) – 370 gram can milk-based infant formula product [Canadian Export]
QHN08 22008 B / EXP 01 MAR 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
54
Enfamil A+ (Birth+) – 370 gram can milk-based infant formula product [Canadian Export]
QGN07 18708 A / EXP 01 FEB 2010
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
55
Similac Sensitive R.S. – 1 quart can milk-based liquid infant formula
686345V 2113239 / EXP 01 DEC 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
56
Similac Advance Early Shield – 1 quart can milk-based liquid infant formula
686005V 2016224 / EXP 01 DEC 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
57
Similac NeoSure – 1 quart can milk-based liquid infant formula
68604RH1 2207234 / EXP 01 MAR 2010
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
58
Similac Alimentum Hypoallergenic – 1 quart can milk-based liquid infant formula
686095V 1043233 / EXP 01 SEP 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
59
Similac Advance – 8 fl oz. can milk-based liquid infant formula
68591C8 1126 / EXP 01 SEP 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
60
Similac Sensitive Lactose-free – 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
64041RA0 0826 / EXP 01 AUG 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
61
Similac Advance with Omega-3 & Omega-6 – 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
61280RA0 1127 / EXP 01 MAY 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
62
Similac Advance – 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
63809RA0 1138 / EXP 01 OCT 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
63
Earth's Best Organic – 25.75 oz can soy-based infant formula product
L22DVFV OSOYARA188 / USE BY 22 AUG 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
64
Meijer Soy - 25.75 oz can soy-based infant formula product
N14DVLVSOYARA200 / USE BY 14 SEP 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
65
President's Choice - 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
E8B024MC166 / EXP 08 AUG 2009
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
66
President's Choice - 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
K7B1909MC168 / EXP 19 FEB 2009
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
67
Parent's Choice - 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
D800320MC206 / EXP 03 APR 2009
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
68
Parent's Choice – 1020 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
H02DTBVMLK167 / USE BY 02 MAY 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
69
Life – 900 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
A28DTBV MLK141 / USE BY 28 JAN 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
70
Parent's Choice - 1020 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
C04DTJV MLK167 / USE BY 04 FEB 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
71
Personelle - 730 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
E02DTJV MLKARA146 / USE BY 02 APR 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
72
Non-labeled – 850g can powdered milk-based infant formula
L08CTBV MFO225 / EXP 08 AUG 2009
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
73
Parent's Choice – 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
E8B1012MC208 / EXP 10 MAY 2009
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
74
Wegman's /Meijer – can milk-based infant formula powder
D01CTKV MLK141 / USE BY 01 MAR 2010
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
75
President's Choice – 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
D8B423MC140 / EXP 04 JUL 2009
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
76
Non-labeled – 730 gram can soy-based infant formula powder
E29DVFV SOYARA153 / USE BY 29 APR 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
77
Non-labeled – 730 gram can milk -based infant formula powder
E21DTCV MLKARA172 / USE BY 21 APR 2010
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
78
Non-labeled – 1020 gram can milk -based infant formula powder
E25DTAV MFOARA175 / USE BY 25 APR 2011
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
79
Heinz Nurture -385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
E8B1022MC206 / EXP 10 MAY 2009
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
80
Parent's Choice Gentle – 730 gram can milk-based infant formula powder
H22DTKV MLKARA 172 / EXP 22 MAY 2010
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
81
Similac Isomil Advance Soy with Iron – 12.9 oz can soy-based infant formula powder
68459RB60 / EXP 01 SEP 2011
Abbott Laboratories
Negative
Negative
82
Parent's Choice with Iron – 32 fl oz. can milk-based liquid infant formula
G8B1812MR210
PBM Nutritionals
Negative
Negative
83
Similac Advance Concentrate – 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
60208RA0 0935 / EXP 01 MAY 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
84
Isomil Concentrate - 385 ml can soy-based liquid infant formula
55192RA0 2223 / EXP 01 FEB 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
85
Similac Advance Concentrate - 385 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
60235RA0 1625 / EXP 01 MAY 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
86
Isomil Advance - 385 ml can soy-based liquid infant formula
61436RA0 1216 / EXP 01 AUG 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
87
Similac Advance Alimentum – 237 ml can milk-based liquid infant formula
20080C1 58817RB 1300
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
88
Similac Isomil Advance – 1 quart plastic bottle soy-based liquid infant formula
697275V 2253278 / EXP 01 APR 2010
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
89
Similac Alimentum Hypoallergenic - 1 quart plastic bottle soy-based liquid infant formula
67527RH 0854212 / EXP 01 AUG 2009
Abbott Nutrition
Negative
Negative
* Last updated 1/7/09.
Friday, January 2, 2009
Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination -cont- #7
Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:
China: Melamine victim's parents receive $29,000 The parents of an infant who died after drinking tainted milk have been paid 200,000 yuan ($29,000) in compensation by the Chinese dairy company at the heart of the scandal, their lawyer confirmed Friday. Yi Yongsheng and his wife Jiao Hongfang, farmers from poverty-stricken Gansu province, accepted the money Wednesday from Sanlu Group Co. as compensation for the death last year of their 6-month-old son, said Dong Junming, one of their two Shanghai-based attorneys. By accepting the money, the family gave up its right to sue the company, he said. (AP, 01/16/2009)
China to license melamine production CHINA’S MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY and Information Technology (MIIT) has drafted a licensing regulation for melamine production and is recruiting feedback from the public until 16 January. The draft requires melamine producers to meet nine conditions in order to qualify for the license or else be banned from further production. The conditions, including stipulations that production is no less than 15,000 t/y and that per ton energy consumption is no more than 1.2 t standard coal, effectively exclude family workshops and small-sized companies. (The Chemical Engineer, 1/14/2009)
Virginia Child's Kidney Problems May Be Due to Melamine-Tainted Candy A Virginia mom is convinced her six-year-old daughter received some melamine-tainted candy on Halloween, and those goodies caused the little girl's recent kidney problems. Maria also recalled seeing pieces of candy in her daughter's Halloween bag that looked like the melamine-tainted White Rabbit Creamy Candy, which were imported from China and distributed in the United States last September. "I think what she ate were those little bunny candies that look like Tootsie Rolls," Marie says. (Consumer Affairs, 01/12/2009)
Fair Trade Suffers When China Censors The Internet. It's Not Just A Human Rights Issue. Censorship gives an unfair market advantage to Chinese internet providers like Baidu, which doesn't need to present a superior product to lead the market - it needs simply to offer operational and editorial compliance with what the government wants, or what Baidu thinks it wants. Baidu, by the way, is the company that sold its censorship services for the equivalent of a $250,000 payment from Sanlu, a large milk producing company, to block search results related to the melamine contamination of milk products that sickened tens of thousands of Chinese children. (The Huffington Post, 01/08/2009)
Another child dies from melamine-contaminated milk A one-year-old boy with kidney disease because of the powdered milk that he drank from birth died yesterday in Qingzhou (Shandong). His death brings to 7 the official number of victims in the melamine milk contamination scandal, but is triggering doubts about the actual number. Hou Rongbo says that his son, Hu Haiqi, was diagnosed with kidney stones last September. He died from respiratory complications. Since he had also been diagnosed with leukemia, the father wants the hospital to conduct an autopsy to verify the cause of death. But the public health officials are refusing to give permission. The government and authorities all over China have so far tried to minimize the deaths from tainted milk, and the courts are not accepting the lawsuits brought by parents of sick children against the companies implicated in the scandal. (Asia News, 01/08/2009)
Melamine byproduct found in more U.S. infant formula The Food and Drug Administration says the industrial chemical melamine and a byproduct cyanuric acid have now been detected in four of 89 containers of infant formula made in the United States, doubling previously reported positive results. The FDA has now updated its response to the FOIA request by posting results of 89 tests on its Web site. For the complete list, click here.(Newsday, 01/07/2009)
China Melamine Scandal Affects American Adoptions The ongoing and far-reaching China melamine scandal, in which tainted milk powder killed at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000, has spread to another group: Adopted Chinese children now living in the U.S. Children exposed to China-produced formula in 2007 and 2008 are of particular concern. (NewsInferno, 01/05/2009)
Ex-Sanlu boss clawed her way to the top Reuter's Photo: Four former executives of the Sanlu Group (L-R), Tian Wenhua, Wang Yuliang, Hang Zhiqi and Wu Jusheng stand on trial at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province Dec 31, 2008. (AsiaOne, 01/05/2008)
US parents want answers after China milk scare Beth Flanders was on her way to China to adopt her 17-month-old daughter in September when she received a warning from her adoption agency: An industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones had been found in Chinese baby formula, and parents should not feed it to their new children. Flanders' daughter had no symptoms. But in November, an ultrasound revealed two kidney stones, which are unusual in children. Now the Los Angeles-area nurse wonders if melamine is to blame. (AP, 01/02/2009)
Chinese firms send milk scandal SMS apology A group of Chinese dairy firms has sent a new year text message to millions of mobile phone subscribers apologising for the melamine contamination scandal. (ABCNews, 01/02/2009)
China: Melamine victim's parents receive $29,000 The parents of an infant who died after drinking tainted milk have been paid 200,000 yuan ($29,000) in compensation by the Chinese dairy company at the heart of the scandal, their lawyer confirmed Friday. Yi Yongsheng and his wife Jiao Hongfang, farmers from poverty-stricken Gansu province, accepted the money Wednesday from Sanlu Group Co. as compensation for the death last year of their 6-month-old son, said Dong Junming, one of their two Shanghai-based attorneys. By accepting the money, the family gave up its right to sue the company, he said. (AP, 01/16/2009)
China to license melamine production CHINA’S MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY and Information Technology (MIIT) has drafted a licensing regulation for melamine production and is recruiting feedback from the public until 16 January. The draft requires melamine producers to meet nine conditions in order to qualify for the license or else be banned from further production. The conditions, including stipulations that production is no less than 15,000 t/y and that per ton energy consumption is no more than 1.2 t standard coal, effectively exclude family workshops and small-sized companies. (The Chemical Engineer, 1/14/2009)
Virginia Child's Kidney Problems May Be Due to Melamine-Tainted Candy A Virginia mom is convinced her six-year-old daughter received some melamine-tainted candy on Halloween, and those goodies caused the little girl's recent kidney problems. Maria also recalled seeing pieces of candy in her daughter's Halloween bag that looked like the melamine-tainted White Rabbit Creamy Candy, which were imported from China and distributed in the United States last September. "I think what she ate were those little bunny candies that look like Tootsie Rolls," Marie says. (Consumer Affairs, 01/12/2009)
Fair Trade Suffers When China Censors The Internet. It's Not Just A Human Rights Issue. Censorship gives an unfair market advantage to Chinese internet providers like Baidu, which doesn't need to present a superior product to lead the market - it needs simply to offer operational and editorial compliance with what the government wants, or what Baidu thinks it wants. Baidu, by the way, is the company that sold its censorship services for the equivalent of a $250,000 payment from Sanlu, a large milk producing company, to block search results related to the melamine contamination of milk products that sickened tens of thousands of Chinese children. (The Huffington Post, 01/08/2009)
Another child dies from melamine-contaminated milk A one-year-old boy with kidney disease because of the powdered milk that he drank from birth died yesterday in Qingzhou (Shandong). His death brings to 7 the official number of victims in the melamine milk contamination scandal, but is triggering doubts about the actual number. Hou Rongbo says that his son, Hu Haiqi, was diagnosed with kidney stones last September. He died from respiratory complications. Since he had also been diagnosed with leukemia, the father wants the hospital to conduct an autopsy to verify the cause of death. But the public health officials are refusing to give permission. The government and authorities all over China have so far tried to minimize the deaths from tainted milk, and the courts are not accepting the lawsuits brought by parents of sick children against the companies implicated in the scandal. (Asia News, 01/08/2009)
Melamine byproduct found in more U.S. infant formula The Food and Drug Administration says the industrial chemical melamine and a byproduct cyanuric acid have now been detected in four of 89 containers of infant formula made in the United States, doubling previously reported positive results. The FDA has now updated its response to the FOIA request by posting results of 89 tests on its Web site. For the complete list, click here.(Newsday, 01/07/2009)
China Melamine Scandal Affects American Adoptions The ongoing and far-reaching China melamine scandal, in which tainted milk powder killed at least six children and sickened nearly 300,000, has spread to another group: Adopted Chinese children now living in the U.S. Children exposed to China-produced formula in 2007 and 2008 are of particular concern. (NewsInferno, 01/05/2009)
Ex-Sanlu boss clawed her way to the top Reuter's Photo: Four former executives of the Sanlu Group (L-R), Tian Wenhua, Wang Yuliang, Hang Zhiqi and Wu Jusheng stand on trial at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, Hebei Province Dec 31, 2008. (AsiaOne, 01/05/2008) US parents want answers after China milk scare Beth Flanders was on her way to China to adopt her 17-month-old daughter in September when she received a warning from her adoption agency: An industrial chemical that can cause kidney stones had been found in Chinese baby formula, and parents should not feed it to their new children. Flanders' daughter had no symptoms. But in November, an ultrasound revealed two kidney stones, which are unusual in children. Now the Los Angeles-area nurse wonders if melamine is to blame. (AP, 01/02/2009)
Chinese firms send milk scandal SMS apology A group of Chinese dairy firms has sent a new year text message to millions of mobile phone subscribers apologising for the melamine contamination scandal. (ABCNews, 01/02/2009)
Thursday, December 25, 2008
Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination -cont- #6
Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:
Chinese melamine victims call for help A group of tearful parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk called Friday for urgent research into the long-term effects of the chemical in a briefing held on a Beijing pavement."We are asking for research on how much damage melamine can wreak," Jiang told reporters on a roadside in south Beijing after the hotel where the parents had planned to hold the press conference refused to let them speak. (Agence France-Presse, 01/02/2009)
Sanlu ex-boss was aware of tainted milk Tian Wenhua, 66, and three other former top Sanlu executives on trial in the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court face life imprisonment for "producing and selling fake or substandard products". Wang Yuliang and Hang Zhiqi, both former deputy general managers of Sanlu, and Wu Jusheng, former manager of the firm's raw milk department, are the other three standing trial. (China Daily, 1/1/2009)
China dairy boss pleads guilty in melamine case The chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children and made thousands ill. Tian Wenhua, 66-year-old former general manager of the now bankrupt Sanlu Group, pleaded guilty to charges of "producing and selling fake or substandard products," state-run Xinhua news agency said. Tian appeared with three other company executives at a court in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei province. It was unclear whether they could face the death penalty. "(Tian) may face a maximum penalty of death for producing and selling contaminated baby milk food, along with three of her senior managers at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court," the official China Daily said on Wednesday. (Reuters, 12/31/2008)
Compensation to cover medical costs 'until 18' The compensation fund for victims of a tainted milk scandal will pay for medical costs the sickened incur until they reach 18, affected families said Tuesday. The notice of the latest pledge to victims and their families was in the name of 22 dairy companies whose products were found contaminated with melamine. Parents of victims in Hebei, Henan and Jilin provinces told China Daily yesterday they received the notification. "We'll raise the money to set up a medical fund to cover expenses for lingering illnesses until the child reaches 18. The fund will be managed by China Life," a compensation document received by Wu Yanfang, a mother of a girl in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, who suffered from kidney ailments after drinking tainted milk, showed. Wu said she received the document on Monday. The document said medical costs arising from the tainted milk could be reimbursed at local branches of China Life, the country's biggest life insurer. The claims would have to be accompanied by medical diagnosis to prove that the related illness is linked to kidney problems caused by the melamine-tainted dairy products. Parents of victims will also receive one-off compensation. Wu said the compensation for her 16-month-old girl, who still has a stone in her kidney, is 2,000 yuan ($292), but she rejected it because it was "woefully inadequate". (China Daily, 12/31/2008)
Melamine May Be In Chinese Seafood Imports Reports are revealing that melamine is “routinely” added to fish feed in the Chinese aquaculture industry for the same reasons as it was added to dairy products, to falsify protein levels, according to the SuperMarketNews report. As with other contaminants affecting seafood, melamine remains in the fish who have ingested the melamine-tainted feed, MarketWatchNews said that according to the LA Times report, recent studies conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drugs Research Center found disturbing levels of melamine in certain fish. The report states that the FDA’s Animal Drugs Research Center found that trout, tilapia, and catfish which were raised on melamine-tainted feed contained concentrations of the toxic chemical of up to a whopping 200 parts per million (ppm), which is over 80 times the maximum “tolerable” level the FDA has set for safe human consumption, said MarketWatch. (NewsInferno, 12/29/2008)
More toxic milk trials in China Nine people linked to a deadly toxic milk scandal went on trial on Monday, China's state news agency said. Four were charged with "endangering public security" after making and selling "protein powder" that included melamine, reported Xinhua. Another five appeared in local courts, bringing the total number on trial over the scandal so far to 15. (BBC, 12/29/2008)
Tainted milk firms to compensate melamine victims Chinese dairy companies that sold melamine-tainted milk are ready to pay compensation to the families of the nearly 300,000 children who became ill or died from drinking contaminated infant formula, China's Dairy Industry Association announced Saturday. Twenty-two dairy producers will make a one-time cash payment to the victims' families, the Xinhua News agency quoted China's Dairy Industry Association as saying. No specific amount was given.
"The money for compensation is in place now and will soon be handed to the people who have custody of the sickened children through various channels," the association said. The group did not specify a date. (ChinaDaily, 12/28/2008)
China’s ‘Stone Babies’—Victims of the Melamine Scandal They call their alliance the “Home of Stone Babies (HSB),” referring to the babies who developed kidney stones after drinking the contaminated milk powder. On the HSB website, parents posted many pictures of their sick babies and told their tragic stories. Listed here are three examples. (Epoch Times, 12/26/2008)
Mengniu Dairy sees RMB 900 mln loss in 2008 China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd<2319>, one of the leading dairy product manufacturers in China, said it is likely to record a loss of RMB 900 million this year based on preliminary figures, due to the negative impact from the melamine scandal, sources reported. The figure has already counted in the RMB 580 million net profit that Mengniu had earned in the first half of this year, which is to say, the company's total loss caused by the tainted milk scandal would be RMB 1.5 billion for the whole year. China's whole dairy industry will see more than RMB 100 billion loss in 2008 because of the melamine scandal in September this year, source reported. (ChinaKnowledge12/26/2008)
Six on trial over Sanlu tainted milk scandal Six people accused of illegally producing or selling toxic chemicals that killed six babies and sickened 290,000 others went on trial on Friday in Hebei province. Tian Wenhua, the former head of Sanlu Group, the firm at the center of the tainted milk scandal, will also stand trial next Wednesday, according to an announcement from the Intermediate People's Court of Shijiazhuang. Among the six people charged on Friday, Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang were accused of "endangering public security". Zhang Heshe and Zhang Taizhen were accused of adding 35 kg of "protein powder" to 70 tons of raw milk and selling the tainted milk to Sanlu, the Wuji county court heard. Yang Jingmin and Gu Guoping were each charged with adding 24 kg of the additive to 40 tons of milk and 16.7 kg to 120 tons. They also sold the adulterated milk to Sanlu, according to the local courts. (ChinaDaily, 12/26/2008)
Two on trial in China's milk powder scandal A melamine producer and a dealer are on trial in the capital of north China's Hebei Province. The hearing is underway at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court. Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang were accused of illegally concocting and selling the so-called "protein powder," which was mainly composed of melamine and malt dextrin. It was then added to raw milk to make it appear high in protein content. (China Daily, 12/26/2008)
Sanlu in $160m debt, assets up for grabs Dairy firm Sanlu Group has borrowed 902 million yuan ($132 million) to pay the medical fees of children sickened by its melamine-tainted baby formula and to compensate the victims. A local court has accepted a bankruptcy petition filed by Sanlu, which has a debt of 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million). This strategy is widely seen essential for a proper valuation of the troubled company's assets. Potential bidders for the assets are likely to set their eyes on Sanlu's most valuable asset, the well-established distribution network, said analysts. (China Daily, 12/26/2008)
Sanlu goes into bankruptcy proceedings Shijiazhuang city government said this morning that Sanlu, in which it has a controlling interest, is going into bankruptcy proceedings with a total debt of 2.66 billion yuan ($388 million) against assets valued at 1.56 billion yuan. The total debt includes a commercial loan of 902 million yuan secured on Dec 19 to meet the medical expenses of and compensation to children affected by tainted milk powder produced by the company. (China Daily, 12/25/2008)
Dairy makers scramble to buy Sanlu's assets Several domestic dairy makers are said to take over the plants of Sanlu Group Co, which is almost on the brink of bankruptcy following the recent tainted milk scandal. Beijing Sanyuan Group Co is expected to buy seven milk plants from Sanlu while Wondersun, a Heilongjiang Province-based dairy maker, will also buy a factory, the 21st Century Business Herald reported yesterday, citing people familiar with the plan to unload assets. (China Daily, 11/05/2008)
Chinese melamine victims call for help A group of tearful parents whose babies suffered from melamine-tainted milk called Friday for urgent research into the long-term effects of the chemical in a briefing held on a Beijing pavement."We are asking for research on how much damage melamine can wreak," Jiang told reporters on a roadside in south Beijing after the hotel where the parents had planned to hold the press conference refused to let them speak. (Agence France-Presse, 01/02/2009)
Sanlu ex-boss was aware of tainted milk Tian Wenhua, 66, and three other former top Sanlu executives on trial in the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court face life imprisonment for "producing and selling fake or substandard products". Wang Yuliang and Hang Zhiqi, both former deputy general managers of Sanlu, and Wu Jusheng, former manager of the firm's raw milk department, are the other three standing trial. (China Daily, 1/1/2009)
China dairy boss pleads guilty in melamine case The chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children and made thousands ill. Tian Wenhua, 66-year-old former general manager of the now bankrupt Sanlu Group, pleaded guilty to charges of "producing and selling fake or substandard products," state-run Xinhua news agency said. Tian appeared with three other company executives at a court in Shijiazhuang, capital of northern Hebei province. It was unclear whether they could face the death penalty. "(Tian) may face a maximum penalty of death for producing and selling contaminated baby milk food, along with three of her senior managers at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court," the official China Daily said on Wednesday. (Reuters, 12/31/2008)Compensation to cover medical costs 'until 18' The compensation fund for victims of a tainted milk scandal will pay for medical costs the sickened incur until they reach 18, affected families said Tuesday. The notice of the latest pledge to victims and their families was in the name of 22 dairy companies whose products were found contaminated with melamine. Parents of victims in Hebei, Henan and Jilin provinces told China Daily yesterday they received the notification. "We'll raise the money to set up a medical fund to cover expenses for lingering illnesses until the child reaches 18. The fund will be managed by China Life," a compensation document received by Wu Yanfang, a mother of a girl in Shijiazhuang, Hebei, who suffered from kidney ailments after drinking tainted milk, showed. Wu said she received the document on Monday. The document said medical costs arising from the tainted milk could be reimbursed at local branches of China Life, the country's biggest life insurer. The claims would have to be accompanied by medical diagnosis to prove that the related illness is linked to kidney problems caused by the melamine-tainted dairy products. Parents of victims will also receive one-off compensation. Wu said the compensation for her 16-month-old girl, who still has a stone in her kidney, is 2,000 yuan ($292), but she rejected it because it was "woefully inadequate". (China Daily, 12/31/2008)
Melamine May Be In Chinese Seafood Imports Reports are revealing that melamine is “routinely” added to fish feed in the Chinese aquaculture industry for the same reasons as it was added to dairy products, to falsify protein levels, according to the SuperMarketNews report. As with other contaminants affecting seafood, melamine remains in the fish who have ingested the melamine-tainted feed, MarketWatchNews said that according to the LA Times report, recent studies conducted by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) Animal Drugs Research Center found disturbing levels of melamine in certain fish. The report states that the FDA’s Animal Drugs Research Center found that trout, tilapia, and catfish which were raised on melamine-tainted feed contained concentrations of the toxic chemical of up to a whopping 200 parts per million (ppm), which is over 80 times the maximum “tolerable” level the FDA has set for safe human consumption, said MarketWatch. (NewsInferno, 12/29/2008)
More toxic milk trials in China Nine people linked to a deadly toxic milk scandal went on trial on Monday, China's state news agency said. Four were charged with "endangering public security" after making and selling "protein powder" that included melamine, reported Xinhua. Another five appeared in local courts, bringing the total number on trial over the scandal so far to 15. (BBC, 12/29/2008)
Tainted milk firms to compensate melamine victims Chinese dairy companies that sold melamine-tainted milk are ready to pay compensation to the families of the nearly 300,000 children who became ill or died from drinking contaminated infant formula, China's Dairy Industry Association announced Saturday. Twenty-two dairy producers will make a one-time cash payment to the victims' families, the Xinhua News agency quoted China's Dairy Industry Association as saying. No specific amount was given.
"The money for compensation is in place now and will soon be handed to the people who have custody of the sickened children through various channels," the association said. The group did not specify a date. (ChinaDaily, 12/28/2008)
China’s ‘Stone Babies’—Victims of the Melamine Scandal They call their alliance the “Home of Stone Babies (HSB),” referring to the babies who developed kidney stones after drinking the contaminated milk powder. On the HSB website, parents posted many pictures of their sick babies and told their tragic stories. Listed here are three examples. (Epoch Times, 12/26/2008)
Mengniu Dairy sees RMB 900 mln loss in 2008 China Mengniu Dairy Co Ltd<2319>, one of the leading dairy product manufacturers in China, said it is likely to record a loss of RMB 900 million this year based on preliminary figures, due to the negative impact from the melamine scandal, sources reported. The figure has already counted in the RMB 580 million net profit that Mengniu had earned in the first half of this year, which is to say, the company's total loss caused by the tainted milk scandal would be RMB 1.5 billion for the whole year. China's whole dairy industry will see more than RMB 100 billion loss in 2008 because of the melamine scandal in September this year, source reported. (ChinaKnowledge12/26/2008)Six on trial over Sanlu tainted milk scandal Six people accused of illegally producing or selling toxic chemicals that killed six babies and sickened 290,000 others went on trial on Friday in Hebei province. Tian Wenhua, the former head of Sanlu Group, the firm at the center of the tainted milk scandal, will also stand trial next Wednesday, according to an announcement from the Intermediate People's Court of Shijiazhuang. Among the six people charged on Friday, Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang were accused of "endangering public security". Zhang Heshe and Zhang Taizhen were accused of adding 35 kg of "protein powder" to 70 tons of raw milk and selling the tainted milk to Sanlu, the Wuji county court heard. Yang Jingmin and Gu Guoping were each charged with adding 24 kg of the additive to 40 tons of milk and 16.7 kg to 120 tons. They also sold the adulterated milk to Sanlu, according to the local courts. (ChinaDaily, 12/26/2008)
Two on trial in China's milk powder scandal A melamine producer and a dealer are on trial in the capital of north China's Hebei Province. The hearing is underway at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court. Zhang Yujun and Zhang Yanzhang were accused of illegally concocting and selling the so-called "protein powder," which was mainly composed of melamine and malt dextrin. It was then added to raw milk to make it appear high in protein content. (China Daily, 12/26/2008)Sanlu in $160m debt, assets up for grabs Dairy firm Sanlu Group has borrowed 902 million yuan ($132 million) to pay the medical fees of children sickened by its melamine-tainted baby formula and to compensate the victims. A local court has accepted a bankruptcy petition filed by Sanlu, which has a debt of 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million). This strategy is widely seen essential for a proper valuation of the troubled company's assets. Potential bidders for the assets are likely to set their eyes on Sanlu's most valuable asset, the well-established distribution network, said analysts. (China Daily, 12/26/2008)
Sanlu goes into bankruptcy proceedings Shijiazhuang city government said this morning that Sanlu, in which it has a controlling interest, is going into bankruptcy proceedings with a total debt of 2.66 billion yuan ($388 million) against assets valued at 1.56 billion yuan. The total debt includes a commercial loan of 902 million yuan secured on Dec 19 to meet the medical expenses of and compensation to children affected by tainted milk powder produced by the company. (China Daily, 12/25/2008)
Dairy makers scramble to buy Sanlu's assets Several domestic dairy makers are said to take over the plants of Sanlu Group Co, which is almost on the brink of bankruptcy following the recent tainted milk scandal. Beijing Sanyuan Group Co is expected to buy seven milk plants from Sanlu while Wondersun, a Heilongjiang Province-based dairy maker, will also buy a factory, the 21st Century Business Herald reported yesterday, citing people familiar with the plan to unload assets. (China Daily, 11/05/2008)
Monday, December 22, 2008
New Test for Melamine
Bruker Daltonics, a unit of Billerica-based Bruker Corp., released an ion trap solution that food safety laboratories can use for the detection and quantification of melamine and cyanuric acid. The five minute method developed by Bruker Daltonics' food safety development laboratory in Australia is an "easy-to-use and cost-effective method for the extraction, detection, and quantification of melamine and CA" and offers many operational advantages over traditional testing methods, the company said.Press Release: Bruker Daltonics Introduces Sensitive, Five Minute Melamine Food Safety Testing Solution Based on Robust and Cost-Effective HCT™ Ion Trap Mass Spectrometry 12/18/2008
Tuesday, December 2, 2008
Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination -cont- #5
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)
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)
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination -cont- #4
Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:
FDA Tests Find Melamine Traces in Baby Formula The Food and Drug Administration said it found "trace levels" of the industrial chemical melamine in one sample of U.S.-made infant formula and in a few samples of other products like nutritional and medical supplements made by U.S. manufacturers of infant formula. The agency said it tested products from the nation's five FDA-approved makers of milk-based infant formulas: Abbott Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Nestlé SA's Nestlé USA unit, PBM Products LLC and Solus Products LLC. (Wall Street Journal, 11/26/2008)
Over 1,000 melamine babies still in China hospitals Over a thousand Chinese infants are still in hospital receiving treatment for kidney damage caused by tainted milk, China's Health Ministry said on Thursday, more than two months after the scandal broke. (Reuters, 11/20/2008)
US issues alert over Chinese melamine The United States has issued a new Import Alert #99-30 on Chinese food imports after finding melamine and another toxic chemical, cyanuric acid, in several products. The new Import Alert, dated 11/12/2008 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), covers a range of Chinese products including drinks, sweets, baby and pet food. (ABC News, 11/14/2008)
How toxic chemical melamine got into China's food supply SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Xue Jianzhong never posted a sign on his ground-floor shop, but somehow everyone knew what he was selling. Customers from all over this dairy-farming region in the northeastern province of Hebei flocked to Xue's dusty street to buy special concoctions that he said would make milk more nutritious and more marketable. (Seattle Times/Washington Post, 11/9/2008)
Tainting of Milk Is Open Secret in China After melamine was discovered in eggs in Hong Kong and mainland China, Beijing called for a nationwide crackdown to stop the contamination of animal feed, which authorities believe is the source of the melamine in eggs. The Agriculture Ministry said it has found melamine in 2.4% of the feed it has checked since mid-September, and has destroyed or confiscated more than 3,600 tons. The ministry called on local officials to "resolutely crush the dark dens" making and selling melamine for feed, saying it had found 238 and was investigating 278 more. (Wall Street Journal, 11/3/2008)
China's Melamine Woes Likely to Get Worse First, a tainted product emerges, killing some and sickening many more. Its origin is traced to China, where a combination of greed and negligence allow the danger to slip into the food chain. The government downplays or ignores the risks. That, in brief, could describe the Chinese Product Safety Scandal of 2008. Change some of the details above and you could have the Chinese Product Safety Scandal of 2007. That round was touched off when the death of more than 100 Panamanians was traced back to cough medicine tainted with dietheylene glycol from China. Then hundreds of pets in North America were killed by eating food made from Chinese raw ingredients, also tainted with melamine. As last year's scandal spread, problems were found with Chinese-produced toys, tires, seafood and toothpaste. (Time/CNN, 11/4/2008)
FDA Tests Find Melamine Traces in Baby Formula The Food and Drug Administration said it found "trace levels" of the industrial chemical melamine in one sample of U.S.-made infant formula and in a few samples of other products like nutritional and medical supplements made by U.S. manufacturers of infant formula. The agency said it tested products from the nation's five FDA-approved makers of milk-based infant formulas: Abbott Laboratories, Bristol-Myers Squibb Co., Nestlé SA's Nestlé USA unit, PBM Products LLC and Solus Products LLC. (Wall Street Journal, 11/26/2008)
Over 1,000 melamine babies still in China hospitals Over a thousand Chinese infants are still in hospital receiving treatment for kidney damage caused by tainted milk, China's Health Ministry said on Thursday, more than two months after the scandal broke. (Reuters, 11/20/2008)
US issues alert over Chinese melamine The United States has issued a new Import Alert #99-30 on Chinese food imports after finding melamine and another toxic chemical, cyanuric acid, in several products. The new Import Alert, dated 11/12/2008 from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), covers a range of Chinese products including drinks, sweets, baby and pet food. (ABC News, 11/14/2008)
How toxic chemical melamine got into China's food supply SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Xue Jianzhong never posted a sign on his ground-floor shop, but somehow everyone knew what he was selling. Customers from all over this dairy-farming region in the northeastern province of Hebei flocked to Xue's dusty street to buy special concoctions that he said would make milk more nutritious and more marketable. (Seattle Times/Washington Post, 11/9/2008)
Tainting of Milk Is Open Secret in China After melamine was discovered in eggs in Hong Kong and mainland China, Beijing called for a nationwide crackdown to stop the contamination of animal feed, which authorities believe is the source of the melamine in eggs. The Agriculture Ministry said it has found melamine in 2.4% of the feed it has checked since mid-September, and has destroyed or confiscated more than 3,600 tons. The ministry called on local officials to "resolutely crush the dark dens" making and selling melamine for feed, saying it had found 238 and was investigating 278 more. (Wall Street Journal, 11/3/2008)
China's Melamine Woes Likely to Get Worse First, a tainted product emerges, killing some and sickening many more. Its origin is traced to China, where a combination of greed and negligence allow the danger to slip into the food chain. The government downplays or ignores the risks. That, in brief, could describe the Chinese Product Safety Scandal of 2008. Change some of the details above and you could have the Chinese Product Safety Scandal of 2007. That round was touched off when the death of more than 100 Panamanians was traced back to cough medicine tainted with dietheylene glycol from China. Then hundreds of pets in North America were killed by eating food made from Chinese raw ingredients, also tainted with melamine. As last year's scandal spread, problems were found with Chinese-produced toys, tires, seafood and toothpaste. (Time/CNN, 11/4/2008)
Monday, October 27, 2008
Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination -cont- #3
Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:
China: Feed makers defied rule in adding chemical Animal feed makers deliberately added an industrial chemical to their products, ignoring a year-old government rule meant to protect China's food supply, a government official said. Inspection teams have descended on feed makers nationwide in a "punishment" campaign to ferret out those found using excessive amounts of the chemical melamine. Among the quarter of a million feed-makers and animal breeding farms inspected, inspectors found more than 500 engaged in illegal or questionable practices, with police further investigating 27 companies. Agriculture Ministry official Wang Zhicai, likened the behavior of some of the companies to organized crime, calling them "black nests of gangsters." (AP, 11/01/2008)
Chinese melamine scandal widens The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, state media has reported. The feed industry seems to have acquiesced to agree on using the chemical to reduce production costs while maintaining the protein count for quality inspections," the state-run China Daily said in an editorial. The practice of mixing melamine into animal feed is an "open secret" in the industry, the Nanfang Daily reported. (BBC, 10/31/2008)
China melamine scandal prompts mass chicken cull A rash of cases involving melamine-tainted eggs exported to Hong Kong and South Korea, and sold in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, have aroused fears of how prevalent the compound is in Chinese animal feed. Melamine was banned in feed last year in the wake of a pet food scandal that was blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States last year, but has since been found in chicken feed used by major egg producers in northern China. (Reuters-India, 10/31/2008)
China vows penalties as melamine eggs scare spreads Chinese eggs have now come under the spotlight, after Hong Kong food safety authorities over the weekend found melamine-tainted eggs produced by Hanwei Group in the northeastern port city of Dalian on local shelves. The tested batch of "Ciyunxiang" eggs, produced by Green Living Beings Development Center based in China's northern Shanxi province, contained 3.5 mg in every kg.(Reuters, 10/29/2008)
Chinese kids on melamine milk develop crystals: WHO Some children who have fallen ill in China after being fed milk formula that had been contaminated with melamine have developed "crystals" in their kidneys, a WHO food safety expert said on Tuesday. "Our understanding is that these are not normal kidney stones because they are not being detected via all of the tools that one uses to detect kidney stones, so some are not showing up on x-rays," said Anthony Hazzard, regional advisor for food safety at the World Health Organization. (Reuters, 10/28/2008)
RP bans melamine-tainted biscuit The Department of Health on Monday banned Sunflower Crackers Blueberry Cream Sandwich after receiving a foreign report that the biscuit contains melamine, an industrial chemical that can cause kidney failure. The biscuit, manufactured in the Philippines by Croley Foods Manufacturing Corp., tested positive for melamine after undergoing tests conducted by the Hong Kong Center for Food Safety. According to the center, Sunflower Crackers Blueberry Cream Sandwich has a high melamine content of 3.2 parts per million. (Manilla Times, 10/28/2008)
China’s Milking Cows The plight of dairy farmers have become so serious that authorities now fear that if they are forced to slaughter their cows, it will trigger a collapse of the mainland dairy industry. Official figures from Hebei show that from September 14-16, about 5,900 tonnes of raw milk were dumped because major dairy companies stopped buying fresh supplies. Similar cases have been reported in all the major milk-producing regions in the country. The central government has set aside 300 million yuan ($43.9 million) in subsidies for dairy farmers. According to the health ministry, the subsidies will mainly go to dairy farmers who suffered the greatest financial losses in the five major dairy-producing provinces of Hebei, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan, as well as the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. (MySinchew.com, 10/26/2008)
Tainted Eggs From China Discovered in Hong Kong Hong Kong food inspectors have found eggs imported from northeast China to be contaminated with high levels of melamine. In addition, scientists in China worry that in addition to being used to adulterate dairy supplies, melamine may have been intentionally added to animal feed in China, according to a report published on Sunday in South China Morning Post. Tainted chicken and possibly fish and hog feed could result in poisonous meat and seafood, it said. (New York Times, 10/26/2008)
Nearly quarter of Beijing infants fed tainted milk: report Nearly one quarter of Beijing families have fed their children milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, state press reported Sunday. In an indication of the scale of the tainted milk scandal that has rocked the country, more than 74,000 of nearly 308,000 households questioned in the capital said their children were fed the products before they were taken off the shelves, the Beijing News reported. (AFP 10/26/2008)
1,500 Chinese raccoon dogs die from tainted feed Some 1,500 dogs bred for their raccoon-like fur have died after eating feed tainted with melamine, a veterinarian said Monday, raising questions about how widespread the industrial chemical is in China's food chain. The raccoon dogs, a breed native to east Asia whose fur is used to trim coats and other clothing, died of kidney failure after eating the tainted feed, said Zhang Wenkui, a veterinary professor at Shenyang Agriculture University. "First, we found melamine in the dogs' feed, and second, I found that 25 percent of the stones in the dogs' kidneys were made up of melamine." Zhang did not give the company's name but the newspaper report said the feed was produced by Harbin Hualong Feed Co. (AP, 10/20/2008)
China: Feed makers defied rule in adding chemical Animal feed makers deliberately added an industrial chemical to their products, ignoring a year-old government rule meant to protect China's food supply, a government official said. Inspection teams have descended on feed makers nationwide in a "punishment" campaign to ferret out those found using excessive amounts of the chemical melamine. Among the quarter of a million feed-makers and animal breeding farms inspected, inspectors found more than 500 engaged in illegal or questionable practices, with police further investigating 27 companies. Agriculture Ministry official Wang Zhicai, likened the behavior of some of the companies to organized crime, calling them "black nests of gangsters." (AP, 11/01/2008)
Chinese melamine scandal widens The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal feed, state media has reported. The feed industry seems to have acquiesced to agree on using the chemical to reduce production costs while maintaining the protein count for quality inspections," the state-run China Daily said in an editorial. The practice of mixing melamine into animal feed is an "open secret" in the industry, the Nanfang Daily reported. (BBC, 10/31/2008)
China melamine scandal prompts mass chicken cull A rash of cases involving melamine-tainted eggs exported to Hong Kong and South Korea, and sold in the eastern Chinese city of Hangzhou, have aroused fears of how prevalent the compound is in Chinese animal feed. Melamine was banned in feed last year in the wake of a pet food scandal that was blamed for the deaths of dogs and cats in the United States last year, but has since been found in chicken feed used by major egg producers in northern China. (Reuters-India, 10/31/2008)
China vows penalties as melamine eggs scare spreads Chinese eggs have now come under the spotlight, after Hong Kong food safety authorities over the weekend found melamine-tainted eggs produced by Hanwei Group in the northeastern port city of Dalian on local shelves. The tested batch of "Ciyunxiang" eggs, produced by Green Living Beings Development Center based in China's northern Shanxi province, contained 3.5 mg in every kg.(Reuters, 10/29/2008)
Chinese kids on melamine milk develop crystals: WHO Some children who have fallen ill in China after being fed milk formula that had been contaminated with melamine have developed "crystals" in their kidneys, a WHO food safety expert said on Tuesday. "Our understanding is that these are not normal kidney stones because they are not being detected via all of the tools that one uses to detect kidney stones, so some are not showing up on x-rays," said Anthony Hazzard, regional advisor for food safety at the World Health Organization. (Reuters, 10/28/2008)
RP bans melamine-tainted biscuit The Department of Health on Monday banned Sunflower Crackers Blueberry Cream Sandwich after receiving a foreign report that the biscuit contains melamine, an industrial chemical that can cause kidney failure. The biscuit, manufactured in the Philippines by Croley Foods Manufacturing Corp., tested positive for melamine after undergoing tests conducted by the Hong Kong Center for Food Safety. According to the center, Sunflower Crackers Blueberry Cream Sandwich has a high melamine content of 3.2 parts per million. (Manilla Times, 10/28/2008)
China’s Milking Cows The plight of dairy farmers have become so serious that authorities now fear that if they are forced to slaughter their cows, it will trigger a collapse of the mainland dairy industry. Official figures from Hebei show that from September 14-16, about 5,900 tonnes of raw milk were dumped because major dairy companies stopped buying fresh supplies. Similar cases have been reported in all the major milk-producing regions in the country. The central government has set aside 300 million yuan ($43.9 million) in subsidies for dairy farmers. According to the health ministry, the subsidies will mainly go to dairy farmers who suffered the greatest financial losses in the five major dairy-producing provinces of Hebei, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shandong and Henan, as well as the Inner Mongolia autonomous region. (MySinchew.com, 10/26/2008)
Tainted Eggs From China Discovered in Hong Kong Hong Kong food inspectors have found eggs imported from northeast China to be contaminated with high levels of melamine. In addition, scientists in China worry that in addition to being used to adulterate dairy supplies, melamine may have been intentionally added to animal feed in China, according to a report published on Sunday in South China Morning Post. Tainted chicken and possibly fish and hog feed could result in poisonous meat and seafood, it said. (New York Times, 10/26/2008)
Nearly quarter of Beijing infants fed tainted milk: report Nearly one quarter of Beijing families have fed their children milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, state press reported Sunday. In an indication of the scale of the tainted milk scandal that has rocked the country, more than 74,000 of nearly 308,000 households questioned in the capital said their children were fed the products before they were taken off the shelves, the Beijing News reported. (AFP 10/26/2008)
1,500 Chinese raccoon dogs die from tainted feed Some 1,500 dogs bred for their raccoon-like fur have died after eating feed tainted with melamine, a veterinarian said Monday, raising questions about how widespread the industrial chemical is in China's food chain. The raccoon dogs, a breed native to east Asia whose fur is used to trim coats and other clothing, died of kidney failure after eating the tainted feed, said Zhang Wenkui, a veterinary professor at Shenyang Agriculture University. "First, we found melamine in the dogs' feed, and second, I found that 25 percent of the stones in the dogs' kidneys were made up of melamine." Zhang did not give the company's name but the newspaper report said the feed was produced by Harbin Hualong Feed Co. (AP, 10/20/2008)
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Sanlu suiters
The following companies are reported to be in negotiations to purchase Sanlu Dairy Co.
Groupe Danone SA, (Wahaha Group Co. LTD)
Wahaha Believes Arbitration in Stockholm Critical in Disputes with Danone Wahaha Group Co., Ltd., China's
leading beverage tycoon, announces that a court in Stockholm, Sweden will hear the case between the Company and the French food giant, Danone Group, next January following a series of disputes between the two companies that have lasted for over 18 months.(EarthTimes, 09/23/2008) Excellent history of Danone Groupe-Wahaha partnership
Danone likely to sell equity in Wahaha to Coca-Cola Coca-Cola might purchase Danone's equity in Wahaha cheaply, the China Securities Journal reported Wednesday.A Groupe Danone spokeswoman refused to comment on the possibility of a sale of its equity in Wahaha to Coca-Cola, and a rumor that there are three potential buyers. She only confirmed that as one of the stockholders of Huiyuan Juice, Danone supported the sale of its equity. (China.org 09/25/2008)
Wonder Sun Dairy Co. LTD.
Groupe Danone SA, (Wahaha Group Co. LTD)
Wahaha Believes Arbitration in Stockholm Critical in Disputes with Danone Wahaha Group Co., Ltd., China's
leading beverage tycoon, announces that a court in Stockholm, Sweden will hear the case between the Company and the French food giant, Danone Group, next January following a series of disputes between the two companies that have lasted for over 18 months.(EarthTimes, 09/23/2008) Excellent history of Danone Groupe-Wahaha partnership
Danone likely to sell equity in Wahaha to Coca-Cola Coca-Cola might purchase Danone's equity in Wahaha cheaply, the China Securities Journal reported Wednesday.A Groupe Danone spokeswoman refused to comment on the possibility of a sale of its equity in Wahaha to Coca-Cola, and a rumor that there are three potential buyers. She only confirmed that as one of the stockholders of Huiyuan Juice, Danone supported the sale of its equity. (China.org 09/25/2008)
Wonder Sun Dairy Co. LTD.
Friday, October 3, 2008
Updates on Chinese Milk Formula Contamination -cont- #2
Here are news links to the Chinese Melamine baby milk contamination:
Amid Milk Scandal, Wahaha Looks To Slurp Up Sanlu Chinese soft drink giant Hangzhou Wahaha Group wants to buy Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group, whose brand was destroyed when the company became engulfed in the tainted milk crisis that has gripped China's dairy industry and reverberated across the world. Some analysts have their doubts that trust could ever be restored in the Sanlu brand, though. Wahaha joins other companies like Sanyuan Food and Wondersun Dairy that are eager to pick up Sanlu on the cheap, according to state news agency Xinhua on Monday. (Forbes, 10/14/2008)
15 More Producers Accused in Dairy Scandal,China's Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said it identified 15 more companies producing contaminated dairy products, Bloomberg reports. The government published a new report on its website saying "about 31 batches of adult milk powder contained the chemical melamine." These batches were obtained from companies that have so far not been involved with the scandal. The total number of Chinese companies using melamine for faking protein levels in their products has now increased to 37. Chinese officials have promised foreign diplomats to halt exports of dairy products until the melamine contamination is eliminated, AFP reports. The scandal widens as more than 20 countries have banned Chinese milk products. (BizChina News 10/03/2008)
Philippines Finds Contaminated Chinese Milk Products Philippine health officials say two Chinese-made milk products have tested positive for melamine. Health Secretary Francisco Duque says the two products were among 30 that have been removed from Philippine stores. Duque says the products were smuggled into the country after Manila imposed a ban on Chinese milk products two weeks ago. Health Secretary Francisco Duque has ordered the closure of stores selling Greenfood Yili Fresh Milk and Mengniu Drink from China. (Voice of America, 10/03/2008)
Vietnam finds tainted products from China Vietnam's health ministry has discovered the industrial chemical melamine in 18 food products imported from China and three other countries and has ordered them recalled and destroyed. Russian news agencies reported that food inspectors found nearly two tons of Chinese dry milk believed to be contaminated with melamine. Australian food regulators recalled China-made Kirin Milk Tea after tests in found the drink contained melamine.(AP, 10/03/2008)
Wary of China milk powder, Taiwan bans Nestle items Taiwan health officials on Thursday ordered stores around the island to remove six types of Nestle dairy products after tests found traces of contamination from China, which is at the center of a tainted milk powder imbroglio. In the capital Taipei and Taiwan's second largest city Kaohsiung, store clerks piled jumbo cans marked KLIM and Nespray, two of the banned products, into carts, leaving shelves bare.(Reuters, 10/02/2008)
Unilever latest to find tainted milk in Chinese goods Unilever yesterday became the third multinational food group in less than a week to issue a product recall linked to the Chinese melamine scandal, highlighting weaknesses in global food safety practices. The move follows US food group Heinz's recall last week of 270 cases of Chinese-produced baby food sold in Hong Kong, and UK confectionery group Cadbury's this week of all chocolate produced at its Beijing factory. (Financial Times, UK, 10/01/2008)
Amid Milk Scandal, Wahaha Looks To Slurp Up Sanlu Chinese soft drink giant Hangzhou Wahaha Group wants to buy Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group, whose brand was destroyed when the company became engulfed in the tainted milk crisis that has gripped China's dairy industry and reverberated across the world. Some analysts have their doubts that trust could ever be restored in the Sanlu brand, though. Wahaha joins other companies like Sanyuan Food and Wondersun Dairy that are eager to pick up Sanlu on the cheap, according to state news agency Xinhua on Monday. (Forbes, 10/14/2008)
15 More Producers Accused in Dairy Scandal,China's Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said it identified 15 more companies producing contaminated dairy products, Bloomberg reports. The government published a new report on its website saying "about 31 batches of adult milk powder contained the chemical melamine." These batches were obtained from companies that have so far not been involved with the scandal. The total number of Chinese companies using melamine for faking protein levels in their products has now increased to 37. Chinese officials have promised foreign diplomats to halt exports of dairy products until the melamine contamination is eliminated, AFP reports. The scandal widens as more than 20 countries have banned Chinese milk products. (BizChina News 10/03/2008)
Philippines Finds Contaminated Chinese Milk Products Philippine health officials say two Chinese-made milk products have tested positive for melamine. Health Secretary Francisco Duque says the two products were among 30 that have been removed from Philippine stores. Duque says the products were smuggled into the country after Manila imposed a ban on Chinese milk products two weeks ago. Health Secretary Francisco Duque has ordered the closure of stores selling Greenfood Yili Fresh Milk and Mengniu Drink from China. (Voice of America, 10/03/2008)
Vietnam finds tainted products from China Vietnam's health ministry has discovered the industrial chemical melamine in 18 food products imported from China and three other countries and has ordered them recalled and destroyed. Russian news agencies reported that food inspectors found nearly two tons of Chinese dry milk believed to be contaminated with melamine. Australian food regulators recalled China-made Kirin Milk Tea after tests in found the drink contained melamine.(AP, 10/03/2008)
Wary of China milk powder, Taiwan bans Nestle items Taiwan health officials on Thursday ordered stores around the island to remove six types of Nestle dairy products after tests found traces of contamination from China, which is at the center of a tainted milk powder imbroglio. In the capital Taipei and Taiwan's second largest city Kaohsiung, store clerks piled jumbo cans marked KLIM and Nespray, two of the banned products, into carts, leaving shelves bare.(Reuters, 10/02/2008)
Unilever latest to find tainted milk in Chinese goods Unilever yesterday became the third multinational food group in less than a week to issue a product recall linked to the Chinese melamine scandal, highlighting weaknesses in global food safety practices. The move follows US food group Heinz's recall last week of 270 cases of Chinese-produced baby food sold in Hong Kong, and UK confectionery group Cadbury's this week of all chocolate produced at its Beijing factory. (Financial Times, UK, 10/01/2008)
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
Chinese Officials - Who is talking
Below is an attempt to identify and clarify who is saying what about the Chinese Melamine contamination (poisioning) crisis.
Hu Jintao, Chinese President & General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Hú Jǐntāo; (born 21 December 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin in the fourth generation leadership of the People's Republic of China. Since his ascendancy Hu has reinstated certain controls on the economy and has been largely conservative with political reforms. His foreign policy is seen as less conciliatory than that of his predecessor, though China's global influence has increased while he has been in office.
Wen Jiabao, Chinese Prime Minister, (born 15 September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, leading the country's cabinet. He also serves as a member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. Since taking office in 2003, Wen, ranked third in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy, has been a key part of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China. Wen, having been dubbed "the people's premier" [1], has a commoner image with the public that separates him from the rest of China's power elite. Considered modest and approachable, Wen's populist approach to policy and his visible public persona has made him a very popular figure within China.
Li Changjiang, minister and Communist Party of China (CPC) party chief of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ). -Resigned-
Sun Zhengcai, Agriculture Minister
Song Tao, Chinese Ambassador to Philippines (standing on left)
Liu Jianchao, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman
Gao Qiang, Vice Health Minister
Ji Chuntang, (born January 1953 of Health, Hebei into Anren) In October 1983 to join the party, in October 1971 to participate in work and Tianjin University School of Management Science and Engineering graduate, postgraduate qualification in-service, management doctorate. Mayor of Shijiazhuang -Dismissed- Four officials in Shijiazhuang had been fired before Ji Chuntang. They included vice mayor in charge of agricultural production, head of animal husbandry and fishery bureau, director of food and drug administration and head of quality supervision bureau.
Xian Hui, Vice-Governor of Gansu
Zhao Xinchao, Vice Mayor of Shijiazhuang
Tian Wenhua, General Manager Sanlu (Dismissed)
Xue Jianzhong, Milk seller (Wanted by Police)
Jiang Weisuo, milk station operator who first spoke out about the tainted milk
Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority
Zhang Xu, Veterinarian-Hangzhou Zhangxu Animal Hospital.
Xinhua News Agency (English)
Ministry of Commerce, Peoples Republic of China (English)
China Central Television
Helen Clark, New Zealand Prime Minister, is the 37th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand. She is New Zealand's second female Prime Minister and has been in office since December 1999, entering her third successive term in 2005. In 2007 Forbes magazine ranked her as the 38th most powerful woman in the world.
Lin Fang-yue, Taiwan Health Minister -Resigned- The resignation of Health Minister Lin Fang-yue was accepted by Premier Liu Chao-shiuan yesterday. Lin is the first minister in the Liu cabinet to have his resignation accepted, having only served 129 days in office, in response to the melamine-tainted food incident. After Premier Liu Chao-shiuan accepted Lin’s resignation yesterday, Liu named Yeh Chin-chuan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, as the new Health Minister.
Hu Jintao, Chinese President & General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, Hú Jǐntāo; (born 21 December 1942) is currently the Paramount Leader of the People's Republic of China, holding the titles of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China since 2002, President of the People's Republic of China since 2003, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission since 2004, succeeding Jiang Zemin in the fourth generation leadership of the People's Republic of China. Since his ascendancy Hu has reinstated certain controls on the economy and has been largely conservative with political reforms. His foreign policy is seen as less conciliatory than that of his predecessor, though China's global influence has increased while he has been in office.
Wen Jiabao, Chinese Prime Minister, (born 15 September 1942) is the Premier of the State Council of the People's Republic of China, leading the country's cabinet. He also serves as a member of its Leading Party Members' Group and Secretary of the Financial Work Committee of the CPC Central Committee. Since taking office in 2003, Wen, ranked third in the Politburo Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China hierarchy, has been a key part of the fourth generation of leadership in the Communist Party of China. Wen, having been dubbed "the people's premier" [1], has a commoner image with the public that separates him from the rest of China's power elite. Considered modest and approachable, Wen's populist approach to policy and his visible public persona has made him a very popular figure within China.
Li Changjiang, minister and Communist Party of China (CPC) party chief of the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China (AQSIQ). -Resigned-
Sun Zhengcai, Agriculture Minister
Song Tao, Chinese Ambassador to Philippines (standing on left)
Liu Jianchao, China’s Foreign Ministry spokesman
Gao Qiang, Vice Health Minister
Ji Chuntang, (born January 1953 of Health, Hebei into Anren) In October 1983 to join the party, in October 1971 to participate in work and Tianjin University School of Management Science and Engineering graduate, postgraduate qualification in-service, management doctorate. Mayor of Shijiazhuang -Dismissed- Four officials in Shijiazhuang had been fired before Ji Chuntang. They included vice mayor in charge of agricultural production, head of animal husbandry and fishery bureau, director of food and drug administration and head of quality supervision bureau. Xian Hui, Vice-Governor of Gansu
Zhao Xinchao, Vice Mayor of Shijiazhuang
Tian Wenhua, General Manager Sanlu (Dismissed)
Xue Jianzhong, Milk seller (Wanted by Police)
Jiang Weisuo, milk station operator who first spoke out about the tainted milk
Shanghai Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau
Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority
Zhang Xu, Veterinarian-Hangzhou Zhangxu Animal Hospital.
Xinhua News Agency (English)
Ministry of Commerce, Peoples Republic of China (English)
China Central Television
Helen Clark, New Zealand Prime Minister, is the 37th and current Prime Minister of New Zealand. She is New Zealand's second female Prime Minister and has been in office since December 1999, entering her third successive term in 2005. In 2007 Forbes magazine ranked her as the 38th most powerful woman in the world.Lin Fang-yue, Taiwan Health Minister -Resigned- The resignation of Health Minister Lin Fang-yue was accepted by Premier Liu Chao-shiuan yesterday. Lin is the first minister in the Liu cabinet to have his resignation accepted, having only served 129 days in office, in response to the melamine-tainted food incident. After Premier Liu Chao-shiuan accepted Lin’s resignation yesterday, Liu named Yeh Chin-chuan, Deputy Secretary-General of the Presidential Office, as the new Health Minister.
YouTube Videos on Melamine poisioning
Here are links to samples of YouTube Videos chronicling the Melamine poisoning crisis in China.
Possible Cover-up in China Milk Scandal
CNN Four infants in China dead, 53,000 reported ill from tainted milk powder.
China milk scandal death toll rises
Tainted Chinese Baby Formula
CNN More Chinese products found contaminated
CNN Chinese milk taints global brands
China's Tainted Milk Nightmare
Chinese Milk Powder Linked to Deaths
Tainted Milk Might Start at Dairy Farms
Tainted Chinese milk scandal spreads
China is selling Poisoned Milk
CNN 53,000 babies fed tainted milk in China
With Children Sick, China Pulls Tainted Milk
China Tainted Milk Powder news conference
53,000 Chinese Babies Poisoned! By Tainted Formula
CNN Tests find liquid milk tainted in China
CNN Special: Made In China. Part 1
CNN Special: Made in China. Part 2
Possible Cover-up in China Milk Scandal
CNN Four infants in China dead, 53,000 reported ill from tainted milk powder.
China milk scandal death toll rises
Tainted Chinese Baby Formula
CNN More Chinese products found contaminated
CNN Chinese milk taints global brands
China's Tainted Milk Nightmare
Chinese Milk Powder Linked to Deaths
Tainted Milk Might Start at Dairy Farms
Tainted Chinese milk scandal spreads
China is selling Poisoned Milk
CNN 53,000 babies fed tainted milk in China
With Children Sick, China Pulls Tainted Milk
China Tainted Milk Powder news conference
53,000 Chinese Babies Poisoned! By Tainted Formula
CNN Tests find liquid milk tainted in China
CNN Special: Made In China. Part 1
CNN Special: Made in China. Part 2
Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company, Ltd
Sanyuan may take over tainted milk brand Sanlu Sanlu Group, at the center of the recent milk food contamination scandal, may go bankrupt and be taken over by Beiijng Sanyuan Food Co, according to media reports on Friday.(China Daily, 09/27/2008)
Beijing Sanyuan Foods suspended pending acquisition announcement The official China Securities Journal cited market sources as saying that Beijing Sanyuan, a second-tier company, may acquire Sanlu Group, the dairy at the center of the contamination scandal, taking the opportunity to become one of the top brands. Shares of Beijing Sanyuan have risen by the 10 pct daily limit in six successive trading days. Its shares closed at 5.59 yuan yesterday. (Trading Markets.com, 09/25/2008)
Company website: http://www.sanyuan.com.cn
Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company, Ltd (Google Finance stock information)
Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company, Ltd Wikipedia
Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co., Ltd. is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of milk and dairy products, under the brand Sanyuan. The Company’s major products include liquid milk series, powdered milk series and cheese series. The Company distributes its products mainly in the domestic market. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company obtained approximately 48% of its total revenue from Beijing City. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had four major subsidiaries/associates.
No.29 Xi Er Qi Middle Road, Haidian District
Beijing, BEJ 100085
China
+86-10-62848020 (Phone)
+86-10-82413213 (Fax)
Officers and directors:
Fuping Zhang, Chairman of the Board, Officer Since: 06/19/2007, Age: 51
Qinggui Yang, Chief Financial Officer, Officer Since: 04/26/2006, Age: 36
Qu Wang, Secretary, Officer Since: 06/19/2007, Age: 34
Jianzhong Xu, Executive Deputy General Manager, Director, Officer Since: 06/19/2007, Age: 52
Lijun Chen, Deputy General Manager, Officer Since: 11/25/2001, Age: 41
Shuqin Lu, Deputy General Manager, Officer Since: 08/23/2006, Age: 41
Liping Niu, General Manager, Director, Officer Since: 12/2004, Age: 52
Xueshan Fan, Director, Officer Since: 07/10/2007, Age: 53
Ling Chang, Director, Officer Since: 08/19/2008
Wuxiang Zhu, Independent Director
Beijing Sanyuan Foods suspended pending acquisition announcement The official China Securities Journal cited market sources as saying that Beijing Sanyuan, a second-tier company, may acquire Sanlu Group, the dairy at the center of the contamination scandal, taking the opportunity to become one of the top brands. Shares of Beijing Sanyuan have risen by the 10 pct daily limit in six successive trading days. Its shares closed at 5.59 yuan yesterday. (Trading Markets.com, 09/25/2008)
Company website: http://www.sanyuan.com.cn
Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company, Ltd (Google Finance stock information)
Beijing Sanyuan Foods Company, Ltd Wikipedia
Beijing Sanyuan Foods Co., Ltd. is principally engaged in the manufacture and sale of milk and dairy products, under the brand Sanyuan. The Company’s major products include liquid milk series, powdered milk series and cheese series. The Company distributes its products mainly in the domestic market. During the year ended December 31, 2007, the Company obtained approximately 48% of its total revenue from Beijing City. As of December 31, 2007, the Company had four major subsidiaries/associates.
No.29 Xi Er Qi Middle Road, Haidian District
Beijing, BEJ 100085
China
+86-10-62848020 (Phone)
+86-10-82413213 (Fax)
Officers and directors:
Fuping Zhang, Chairman of the Board, Officer Since: 06/19/2007, Age: 51
Qinggui Yang, Chief Financial Officer, Officer Since: 04/26/2006, Age: 36
Qu Wang, Secretary, Officer Since: 06/19/2007, Age: 34
Jianzhong Xu, Executive Deputy General Manager, Director, Officer Since: 06/19/2007, Age: 52
Lijun Chen, Deputy General Manager, Officer Since: 11/25/2001, Age: 41
Shuqin Lu, Deputy General Manager, Officer Since: 08/23/2006, Age: 41
Liping Niu, General Manager, Director, Officer Since: 12/2004, Age: 52
Xueshan Fan, Director, Officer Since: 07/10/2007, Age: 53
Ling Chang, Director, Officer Since: 08/19/2008
Wuxiang Zhu, Independent Director
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