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Correspondents say the unusually frank reports in several news outlets are an admission that contamination could be widespread throughout the food chain. The melamine scandal began early in September, when at least four Chinese babies were killed by contaminated milk, and thousands more became ill. Four brands of eggs have since been found to be contaminated, and agriculture officials speculate that the cause was probably melamine-laced feed given to hens. 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. Despite a nationwide campaign to raise food safety standards and reassure consumers, China's broken-down food safety inspectorate is still failing to catch and report lapses in standards when they happen.
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | Chinese melamine scandal widens
"We are deeply sorry for the harm caused to the children and the society," the text message said. "We sincerely apologise for that and we beg your forgiveness." It said a compensation fund had been established for the victims, including the families of thousands of babies still suffering from urinary problems such as kidney stones. Standing trial The chairwoman of Sanlu, Tian Wenhua, pleaded guilty to selling fake or substandard products at a trial that recently concluded in northern China. For some parents, text message apologies, trials and compensation funds aren't enough
BBC NEWS | Asia-Pacific | China dairies offer text apology
China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine has issued a letter in which it asks its affiliate in Inner Mongolia to order Mengniu not to use osteoblast milk protein in its Milk Deluxe product. AQSIQ says in the letter that as the country has not determined the safety of OMP, and since the additive IGF-1 is neither a traditional food material nor is it included in the list of food additives, it is against the current Chinese laws for Mengniu to use these two materials. AQSIQ says that if Mengniu believes that OMP and IGF-1 are safe, it should submit a document to the Ministry of Health and let the latter decide whether these additives are safe to us or not. There have been quite a lot of doubts expressed concerning Mengniu's Milk Deluxe product as it contains OMP and IGF-1.
Mengniu Asked Not To Add OMP To Milk Deluxe - ChinaCSR.com - Cor
HONG KONG — Hong Kong's two main supermarket chains said Sunday they have removed milk powder made by Swiss food giant Nestle from their shelves after a newspaper reported that samples contained the industrial chemical melamine. As consumers clamor for more transparency about the beef product dubbed “pink slime,” federal agriculture officials have agreed to allow several meat producers to list the stuff on package labels. Spokeswomen from PARKnSHOP and Wellcome said the chains acted after Hong Kong's Apple Daily reported Sunday that tests it commissioned showed that Nestle milk powder made in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province contained the chemical.
Hong Kong markets pull Nestle milk powder - Food safety- msnbc.c
The Nestlé boycott is a boycott launched on July 7, 1977, in the United States against the Swiss-based Nestlé corporation. It spread quickly throughout the United States, and expanded into Europe in the early 1980s. In Canada, the controversy lasted from 1978 to 1984. [ 1 ] It was prompted by concern about the Nestle's promotion of breast milk substitutes ( infant formula ), particularly in less economically developed countries ( LEDCs ), which campaigners claim contributes to the unnecessary suffering and even deaths of babies, largely among the poor. [ 2 ] Among the campaigners, Professor Derek Jelliffe and his wife Patrice, who contributed to establish the World Alliance for Breastfeeding Action (WABA), were particularly instrumental in helping to coordinate the boycott and giving it ample visibility worldwide. [ edit ] The baby milk issue
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