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China and food safety

Health & Medicine

Complaints about the melamine-treated baby formula were made as early as December 2007, but they weren’t acted on, nor were they reported.

Blogger Wu Heng, A Champion of Food Safety in China

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Melamine-tainted milk goes on trial in China

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China state media reports arrests over melamine milk contamination scandal

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More melamine-tainted milk found in China

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China infant formula scare

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The World’s Mary Kay Magistad reports on concerns about the safety of infant formula produced in China. Two infants have died and hundreds became ill after drinking tainted formula produced by a Chinese state-run company.

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