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January 7, 2009, Wednesday
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Baby dies after drinking milk powder
Chen Qian
A TWO-MONTH-OLD infant in Zhejiang Province died on Sunday after drinking Yashili milk powder, his family members told media yesterday.
Li Junjie's family blamed the death on Yashili Group. They are waiting for test results on the milk formula to decide whether to have an autopsy performed to determine the cause of death, Oriental Morning Post reported today.
The test result will be available next week. However, the Food and Drug Administration in Changxing County of Zhejiang Province said the possibility of a milk powder quality problem is slim as it was produced in November, when the country was conducting careful checks on all milk powders nationwide.
A Yashili Group official surnamed Li told Shanghai Daily today that the company is confident of the quality of its products. Li said all the milk powder products were manufactured under strict quality supervision and that the company will cooperate with the police investigation.
Li refused to provide further details, saying the company was also waiting for the quality report.
Li Zhengshan, the baby's grandfather, told the newspaper Li Junjie was healthy and was never ill in the past two months.
"His mother was on a drip these days and the baby had just finished eating a pack of Beingmate milk powder," he was quoted as saying.
Li bought a pack of Yashili for 48 yuan (US$7) at a supermarket on January 3 and fed the baby that morning.
The infant began to vomit and had loose bowels that afternoon and was sent to the hospital the next morning, the report said.
Doctors said the baby had no heart beat and was not breathing upon arrival at the hospital at 5am. But the cause of death can only be determined after an autopsy, according to doctors.
Police and a quality watchdog began to investigate the case. The supermarket purchased the milk powder from a legal source, the report said.
Guangdong-based Yashili Group didn't comment yesterday. Some of the company's dairy products were found containing the industrial chemical melamine in a nationwide check last September.
The melamine scandal broke on September 11 when Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group admitted it found melamine in its products.
At least six children have died and more than 294,000 other infants became ill from the contaminated milk scare that has involved 22 Chinese dairy producers since September.
Chen Qian
A TWO-MONTH-OLD infant in Zhejiang Province died on Sunday after drinking Yashili milk powder, his family members told media yesterday.
Li Junjie's family blamed the death on Yashili Group. They are waiting for test results on the milk formula to decide whether to have an autopsy performed to determine the cause of death, Oriental Morning Post reported today.
The test result will be available next week. However, the Food and Drug Administration in Changxing County of Zhejiang Province said the possibility of a milk powder quality problem is slim as it was produced in November, when the country was conducting careful checks on all milk powders nationwide.
A Yashili Group official surnamed Li told Shanghai Daily today that the company is confident of the quality of its products. Li said all the milk powder products were manufactured under strict quality supervision and that the company will cooperate with the police investigation.
Li refused to provide further details, saying the company was also waiting for the quality report.
Li Zhengshan, the baby's grandfather, told the newspaper Li Junjie was healthy and was never ill in the past two months.
"His mother was on a drip these days and the baby had just finished eating a pack of Beingmate milk powder," he was quoted as saying.
Li bought a pack of Yashili for 48 yuan (US$7) at a supermarket on January 3 and fed the baby that morning.
The infant began to vomit and had loose bowels that afternoon and was sent to the hospital the next morning, the report said.
Doctors said the baby had no heart beat and was not breathing upon arrival at the hospital at 5am. But the cause of death can only be determined after an autopsy, according to doctors.
Police and a quality watchdog began to investigate the case. The supermarket purchased the milk powder from a legal source, the report said.
Guangdong-based Yashili Group didn't comment yesterday. Some of the company's dairy products were found containing the industrial chemical melamine in a nationwide check last September.
The melamine scandal broke on September 11 when Shijiazhuang-based Sanlu Group admitted it found melamine in its products.
At least six children have died and more than 294,000 other infants became ill from the contaminated milk scare that has involved 22 Chinese dairy producers since September.
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