Parents blame babies' rickets on supplements
By Xiao Li |
March 13, 2012, Tuesday
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AUTHORITIES are probing allegations that several babies in the eastern Zhejiang Province got rickets after consuming dietary supplements bought in local markets.
Some parents claimed the substandard cod liver oil capsules and milk calcium capsules manufactured by the Guangzhou KingKeys Nutrition Co caused their babies' bone-softening disease, triggering controversy online.
But the Guangzhou Bureau of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine shifted responsibility to the quarantine authorities, the Guangzhou Daily reported yesterday.
"The two imported products were tightly sealed when they were imported from Norway. The quarantine authorities are responsible for quality check of the imported goods," said the product quality watchdog.
KingKeys manufactures the products in Norway, performs the nutrition tests in New Zealand and packages them in China with Chinese instructions, according to a company official surnamed Huang.
Huang dismissed the company's connection to the disease because the affected toddlers showed an excessive level of phosphate instead of calcium, according to the hospital reports.
"Our products have undergone a series of inspections before entering the domestic market," she said, adding that the company will do its "utmost to cooperate with the investigators and take due responsibility."
KingKeys has sent product samples to a Guangdong inspection center and a Swiss certification institution for further examination, according to the report.
Some parents claimed the substandard cod liver oil capsules and milk calcium capsules manufactured by the Guangzhou KingKeys Nutrition Co caused their babies' bone-softening disease, triggering controversy online.
But the Guangzhou Bureau of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine shifted responsibility to the quarantine authorities, the Guangzhou Daily reported yesterday.
"The two imported products were tightly sealed when they were imported from Norway. The quarantine authorities are responsible for quality check of the imported goods," said the product quality watchdog.
KingKeys manufactures the products in Norway, performs the nutrition tests in New Zealand and packages them in China with Chinese instructions, according to a company official surnamed Huang.
Huang dismissed the company's connection to the disease because the affected toddlers showed an excessive level of phosphate instead of calcium, according to the hospital reports.
"Our products have undergone a series of inspections before entering the domestic market," she said, adding that the company will do its "utmost to cooperate with the investigators and take due responsibility."
KingKeys has sent product samples to a Guangdong inspection center and a Swiss certification institution for further examination, according to the report.
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