http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/milk/ en-us Thu, 9 Oct 2008 01:13:46 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100969/posts BEIJING (Reuters) - The toll of Chinese children ill from toxic milk formula may have nearly doubled since the Health Ministry's last public count, local media reports show, but an official said on Wednesday the number of new cases was falling. Beijing is struggling with fallout from adulteration of milk with the industrial chemical melamine. At home four babies have died, and thousands of infants fell sick, while around the world products made with Chinese milk have been recalled. The government has not updated figures issued on September 21, when it said that 12,892 infants were in hospital, 104 with... Yahoo! News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2100969/posts#comment Thu, 9 Oct 2008 01:13:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094496/posts `China Covered Up Melamine Outbreak due to Olympics` OCTOBER 01, 2008 03:00 A Taiwanese daily said yesterday that the Chinese government knew about melamine-tainted milk power before the Beijing Olympics, but covered it up. United Daily News said the Chinese weekly Southern Weekend found in late July infants who contracted kidney stones by eating the milk powder products of San Lu, the infamous company which triggered the melamine scare. The weekly was about to report the case. The central propaganda department of the Chinese Communist Party, which controls the media, issued a gag order and banned the publication. The department... Donga Ilbo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094496/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:34:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094490/posts Now animals fall victim to China toxic milk scandal as officials admit cover-up during Olympics By Mail Foreign Service Last updated at 11:43 AM on 26th September 2008 The 'tainted milk' scandal, which has claimed the lives of four infants and left more than 50,000 children ill in China, is now putting zoo animals in danger. Two orangutans, aged one and three, and a lion cub are now reported to be showing signs of kidney stones after being fed the milk powder for more than a year. The animals are from the Hangzhou Safari Park World near Shanghai. All had... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094490/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:26:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094476/posts Heinz stops buying Chinese milk products Article from: Agence France-Presse From correspondents in Washington October 01, 2008 04:44am US food group Heinz says it has decided to stop buying Chinese milk for use in its products in the wake of a giant tainted milk scandal that has left 53,000 children ill. "In order to reassure consumers about the safety of Heinz products, Heinz has made the strategic decision to switch our milk supply in China and Hong Kong to non-Chinese sources and we are testing all dairy ingredients for melamine prior to use in our factories," a spokesman for the... AFP (via news.com.au) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2094476/posts#comment Wed, 1 Oct 2008 01:13:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092202/posts China milk scandal hits home Chinese had shrugged off previous problems as Western hysteria, but tainted milk has many wondering what else poses a risk. Even professed patriots seek out products not made in China. By Barbara Demick Los Angeles Times Staff Writer September 27, 2008 BEIJING — Even after regulators assured the public that all contaminated baby formula was off the shelves, B.X. Wei wasn't going to feed his 2-month-old son anything that came out of a can. Especially not one made in China. But his wife didn't have enough breast milk for the baby. Then the 30-year-old businessman... LAT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092202/posts#comment Sun, 28 Sep 2008 04:48:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091701/posts /begin my translation A Puppy in Nanning Got Dozens of Kidney Stones: Contaminated Powered Milk Suspected Ms. Chen, a resident in Nanning, Guangxi Province, has a puppy with repeated serious illness, because, in less than a year, it underwent one surgery after another, taking out kidney stones three times. They numbered a few dozens in total, with varying size. On Sept. 26, this reporter personally saw the kidney stones taken out from the puppy ten days ago. "They are big stones," said Dr. Lian, the vetenarian, while staring at them. At present, Ms. Chen has stopped giving the puppy the... China News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091701/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 12:46:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091649/posts CHINA'S toxic milk scandal escalated today as one of the nation's famous candy brands was pulled off shelves and four more people outside the mainland were thought to have fallen ill. The industrial chemical melamine has also been found in Heinz baby cereal and in potato crackers in the southern Chinese territory of Hong Kong and officials ordered a recall of the products. In China, the maker of White Rabbit candy, given to US president Richard Nixon on a landmark 1972 trip, said it was halting domestic sales after its products were found to contain melamine, normally used to make... News.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091649/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 09:03:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091426/posts Chinese Milk Worker: Complaints Ignored For Years by Louisa Lim Louisa Lim/NPR Whistle-blower Jiang Weisuo, a milk station operator, says chemicals were being added to milk in 2005. His attempts to expose the practice have resulted in huge financial losses and threats on his life, he says. Louisa Lim/NPR Milk collection stations like this one are at the heart of the scandal over contaminated milk. Morning Edition, September 25, 2008 · Milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine has sickened more than 50,000 children in China in recent weeks. But the practice of adulterating milk seems to have started far... NPR http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2091426/posts#comment Fri, 26 Sep 2008 23:30:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090403/posts VERMONT -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. "PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says. PETA officials say a move to human... WNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090403/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:47:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090392/posts VERMONT -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. "PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says. PETA officials say a move to human... 10 News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090392/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 18:36:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090048/posts List of Nations Banning Chinese Milk Products Grows By VOA News 25 September 2008 South Korea is the latest nation to ban imports of Chinese dairy products after discovering Chinese-made snacks contained a chemical that has sickened thousands of children who consumed contaminated milk. The Korean Food and Drug Administration, KFDA, says tests on more than 100 products found the chemical melamine in two biscuit-type snacks. Officials ordered the products to be removed from store shelves and destroyed. More than a dozen governments in Asia, Africa and Europe have either banned or recalled Chinese dairy products since the scandal broke... VOA News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2090048/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:29:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089611/posts VERMONT -- People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals sent a letter to Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield, cofounders of Ben & Jerry's Homemade Inc., urging them to replace cow's milk they use in their ice cream products with human breast milk, according to a statement recently released by a PETA spokeswoman. "PETA's request comes in the wake of news reports that a Swiss restaurant owner will begin purchasing breast milk from nursing mothers and substituting breast milk for 75 percent of the cow's milk in the food he serves," the statement says. PETA officials say a move to human... WNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089611/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:59:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089097/posts Sanlu claims appalling if true: Fonterra 24th September 2008, 12:03 WST Claims a dairy company knew of China's tainted milk scandal eight months ago and lied about it would be appalling if true, Fonterra chief Andrew Ferrier says. At the release of Fonterra's annual results on Wednesday, Ferrier was swamped by questions about the Chinese dairy company Sanlu, which is 43 per cent owned by Fonterra. So far at least four children have died after drinking powdered milk tainted with the chemical melamine, 54,000 have fallen ill and about 13,000 have been admitted to hospital with kidney problems. A Chinese... The West Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089097/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:23:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089093/posts China's Tainted Food Products Only Harm the Average People, High-Ranking Officials Have Their Own Specially-Supplied Food Sources By Sep 20, 2008 - 7:22:49 PM China's Tainted Food Products Only Harm the Average People, High-Ranking Officials Have Their Own Specially-Supplied Food Sources While China's food security crisis has resulted in Chinese people fearing that nothing is safe to eat, a source has revealed that China has always had one special source of food and supply network: that which serves national Communist Party and government officials. This food is specially produced, transported, and examined, according to especially strict standards. On August 18,... Boxun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089093/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089091/posts Tainted Milk Powder Scandal: Health Ministry National Internal Teleconference Reveals Top Secret By Translated by chinafreepress.org Sep 21, 2008 - 11:02:23 AM http://news.boxun.com/news/gb/china/2008/09/200809202358.shtml Tainted Milk Powder Scandal: Health Ministry National Internal Teleconference Reveals Top Secret According to a boxun.com report, on Friday September 19 the Ministry of Health held a national internal teleconference. Every region's large hospital section chiefs and other concerned important officials participated. According to informed sources, this was the second time this month this type of conference was held. The teleconference revealed the true circumstances behind the tainted milk powder scandal. Milk powder factories have been illegally... Boxun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089091/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:17:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087532/posts Nearly 53,000 children in China have become sick from milk powder contaminated by an industrial chemical, the government has said. A total of 52,857 children had been brought to hospitals after falling ill, a Health Ministry spokesman said. Most had "basically recovered" but 12,892 of them remained hospitalised, he added. The ministry said the toll of children ill from milk powder contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine had risen dramatically from the previous figure of 6,244. A further 39,965 children had "received clinical treatment and advice" before being sent home. More than 80 per cent of the sick were aged... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087532/posts#comment Mon, 22 Sep 2008 08:35:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087332/posts Nearly 13,000 children in China have been hospitalised due to tainted Chinese milk powder, officials say. China's health ministry said 104 out of 12,892 babies showed serious symptoms. Four infants have died after drinking the milk of the Sanlu Group containing the industrial chemical melamine, which could cause urinary problems. Meanwhile, in Hong Kong, a toddler has been diagnosed with a kidney stone after drinking the powder - the first such case outside mainland China. A number of Asian and African countries have now banned Chinese dairy imports following the scandal. Chinese police have arrested 18 people in connection with... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087332/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 23:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087133/posts China's tainted milk crisis has spilled over the mainland's borders when supplies from international food giants were found to be contaminated with the poisonous additive melamine. Hong Kong authorities said it had found traces of melamine in Nestle's Dairy Farm milk produced for catering use by a company subsidiary in the Chinese coastal city of Qingdao, the site of the Olympics sailing events. Supermarkets in Hong Kong had already pulled Nestle's milk powder from the shelves amid media reports that the territory's government had found a sample that had been tainted. However Nestle released a statement said: ""Following press reports... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087133/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 17:15:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087039/posts (BEIJING) -- In the wake of the contaminated baby milk powder scandal, Chinese quality watchdog on Wednesday cancelled all kinds of national inspection exemptions previously given to food producers. "Considering the particular characteristics of food products and the complexity in the cause of food safety problems, and with a view to further enhancing supervision over food producers, ensuring food safety and protecting consumers' interests," said the State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) in an explanation of the move. It said relevant companies must stop activities of publicizing their national inspection exemption qualifications. The national inspection exemption labels... China View http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2087039/posts#comment Sun, 21 Sep 2008 13:42:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086573/posts Starbucks stops serving milk as China crisis snowballs by Fran Wang Fri Sep 19, 4:20 PM ET Starbucks stopped serving drinks with milk in many Chinese outlets Friday as a crisis over poisoned dairy products that have left four babies dead and thousands of others sick spiralled. The move by the US coffee chain came amid a government-ordered mass recall of dairy products after an industrial chemical, initially reported to be only in milk powder, was also detected in regular milk, yoghurt and ice cream. Supermarket shelves across the country were emptied of many products made by Chinese dairy giants... AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086573/posts#comment Sat, 20 Sep 2008 16:01:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085751/posts HK and Seoul act on China baby-milk fears By Patti Waldmeir in Shanghai Published: September 18 2008 09:09 | Last updated: September 18 2008 16:45 China’s tainted infant-formula scandal spread to other parts of east Asia on Thursday as food-safety officials in South Korea and Hong Kong said they would investigate or recall Chinese products. The Chinese government, which is scrambling to reduce damage to the image of “Made in China”, announced more arrests in connection with the milk-powder crisis, which claimed its fourth victim on Thursday. FT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085751/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:36:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085118/posts A Swiss gastronomist has stirred a controversy in the tranquil Alpine republic after announcing that he will serve meals cooked with human breast milk. "We have all been raised on it. Why should we not include it into our diet?" Hans Locher, who has become Switzerland most controversial restaurant owner, said. telegraph.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2085118/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 16:20:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084899/posts A scandal over tainted infant formula spread Monday as authorities acknowledged as many as 10,000 babies may have ingested milk powder laced with the same chemical found in contaminated pet-food exports last year that caused scores of U.S. animals to die. Melamine, a chemical in making plastics and fertilizers, has been used by Chinese businesses to boost protein readings in animal feed and other food products. Pet foods containing melamine-laced ingredients traced to China sickened and killed thousands of dogs and cats in the U.S. last year. Many infants who were fed Sanlu milk powder were stricken with kidney stones.... seattletimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084899/posts#comment Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:27:01 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084107/posts More than 6,200 babies have fallen ill after drinking formula milk made from contaminated powder, Chinese Health Minister Chen Zhu has announced. The figure is five times higher than previously announced. Mr Chen said a third baby had now died - with the latest fatality occurring in the Zhejiang province of eastern China. Twenty-two brands of powder were found to contain the toxic industrial chemical melamine, apparently added to make it appear higher in protein. Mr Chen said a total of 6,244 infants were now sick, and that the number of those diagnosed with "acute kidney failure" had risen to... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084107/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:07:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084087/posts Probe finds 20 pct of China milk companies in scandal 16 Sep 2008 14:32:23 GMT Source: Reuters (Recasts with results of state investigation) By Ben Blanchard SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Sept 16 (Reuters) - Twenty percent of Chinese dairy firms probed in the wake of a baby milk health scare have been found to have produced melamine-tainted formula, state media reported on Tuesday. Chinese quality officials last week ordered a nationwide probe into all baby milk powders after it was reported that dozens of children had developed kidney stones after drinking tainted formula produced by the Sanlu Group. Two infants have since... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2084087/posts#comment Wed, 17 Sep 2008 06:27:07 GMT