http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/d... success.html
15 January 2008
Beijing called a four-month campaign to guarantee food and product
safety a "complete success," Reuters reported. The campaign was
launched after a series of widely publicized issues surrounding
children's toys and pet food sparked international concern over
Chinese exports. As part of the campaign, which inspected more than
3,000 toy exporters and manufacturers, China revoked 600 export
licenses. China's chief quality inspector also said that the practice
of using non-food materials and recycled food in food production had
been "basically eliminated." Seeking to allay concerns over food
safety in the run-up to the Olympics, Beijing has announced measures
to monitor food quality during the games
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http://www.japannewsreview.com/socie...31page_id=3877
Thursday, January 31, 2008 6:47 pm
Over 70 cases of food poisioning from Chinese-made dumplings
discovered
More than 60 new victims of food poisoning from frozen Chinese-made
“gyoza” dumplings have been discovered in 18 different prefectures
after the first 10 victims were discovered in Chiba and Hyogo
Prefecture on Wednesday. The Japanese government is now urging China
to cooperate in investigating the issue, Japanese media reports.
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Newest Treat From China -
Formaldehyde In Kids Candy
Candy Incident Raises Concerns
From Dr. Patricia Doyle, PhD From ProMed Mail
By Shan Juan
The China Daily
The (Chinese) government is deeply concerned by reports that some
Filipino students have fallen ill after eating Chinese-made milk
candies, the spokesman of the Ministry of Commerce said. A special
team of food safety experts will be sent to the Philippines if
necessary to assist in the investigation, the spokesman said. He
declined to reveal the name of the candies.
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http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/25/europe/toxic.php
Toxic milk in China leads EU to order tests on food imports
By Elisabeth Rosenthal
Published: September 25, 2008
Food containing tainted milk powder from China may be circulating in
Europe, potentially putting children at risk, the European Food Safety
Authority concluded Thursday. Cookies, toffees and chocolates are the
major concerns.
In China, milk products contaminated with the industrial chemical
melamine have sickened more than 50,000 young children in recent weeks
and created a spiraling government scandal.
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http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428101,00.html
Japanese Cookies Latest Food to Be Tainted by Chinese Milk
Thursday, September 25, 2008
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New York Times
Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
By DAVID BARBOZA and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
ZHANGQIU, China — For years, producers of animal feed all over China
have secretly supplemented their feed with the substance, called
melamine, a cheap additive that looks like protein in tests, even
though it does not provide any nutritional benefits, according to
melamine scrap traders and agricultural workers here.
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Chinese Milk Banned in Korea, France as Concern Rises
By Sungwoo Park and Lee Spears
Sept. 25 (Bloomberg) -- South Korea and France banned Chinese dairy
products amid escalating international concern about chemical
contamination that has killed four infants and sickened 53,000 in
China.
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...k-scandal.html
Chinese ordered cover-up of tainted milk scandal
Chinese authorities ordered a cover-up of a tainted milk scandal that
has poisoned tens of thousands of babies because they feared social
unrest if the news was made public, The Daily Telegraph has learned.
By Richard Spencer in Beijing and Peter Foster in New Zealand
Last Updated: 1:51AM BST 25 Sep 2008
LESSON: NOTHING MADE IN CHINA IS FIT FOR HUMANS OR PETS.