it has been somewhat of a success as a rescue operation but in order
to achieve bigger success the Chinese government needs to allow more
freedom of the press.


On 9ÔÂ26ÈÕ, ÉÏÎç5ʱ02·Ö, wrote:
> http://www.chinaeconomicreview.com/d...1_15/China_dec...
>
> 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.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,428101,00.html
>
> Japanese Cookies Latest Food to Be Tainted by Chinese Milk
> Thursday, September 25, 2008
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> New York Times
> Filler in Animal Feed Is Open Secret in China
> By DAVID BARBOZA and ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO
>
> ZHANGQIU, China ¡ª 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.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> 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.
>
> -------------------------------------------------------
>
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worl...74986/Chinese-...
>
> 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.