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The Chinese milk scandal
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THE milk scandal in 2008 that caused a sensation helped give China a global black eye when it comes to food safety. It featured dairy products (mostly milk and infant formula) adulterated with the chemical melamine.
Some 39,965 victims were reported by November 2008; four infants died from kidney damage. The chemical was added to milk to increase the protein content.
The scandal broke out on July 16, when 16 infants in Gansu Province who had been fed milk powder produced by Sanlu Dairy Group were diagnosed with kidney stones.
After the initial focus on Sanlu, government inspections revealed the problem also existed to a lesser degree in products from 21 other companies, including Mengniu, Yili and Yashily.
The issue damaged the reputation of China’s food exports, with at least 11 countries stopping all imports of Chinese dairy products.
The problem was handled by September 2008. No melamine was found in dairy products produced after September 14. Yet still, about 70 percent of the Chinese people dared not purchase domestic dairy products three years later, according to an investigation by CCTV in 2011.
(Joyce Zhang)
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