Sunday, November 9, 2008

China milk poisoning

China milk poisoning

I think this is a the most serious food poisoning through this year, for anyone who don’t know what’s going actually, its better to read this article here.

There’re now found out more than 53,000 children in China had been milk powder poison in China.

There’re still 13,000 victims still remaining in the hospital and recently added four more children have died.

This is a very bad tragedy for all the children and all the company who have this milk powder for suppliers. The prime minister of China Wen Jiabao has visited children in the hospital and apologized for the food scandal.

Most of the victims are under 2 year old and at least 104 of those in hospital are now in a very serious condition.

There’re at least 22 other companies have become involved in the scandal and milk products made by the Yili, Mengniu and other froups have been recalled from supermarket shelves.

A three-year old girl in Hong Kong has been diagnosed with a kidney stone after drinking two glasses of Yili high calcium low-fat milk product for more than a year. Her symptoms were described as "mild". Tests are continuing on other infants in the territory.

In Taiwan, shops shelves carrying the Mr Brown brand of "three-in-one" coffee, in which coffee is mixed with sugar and milk, have been cleared.

In Singapore, the Chinese-made White Rabbit milk sweet has been found to carry traces of melamine and is being recalled, officials there said. Recalls of Chinese-made dairy products are now under way in Japan, Malaysia, and Brunei as well.

Mr Wen felt extremely guilty about the health scandal and sincerely apologize to all of the victims. He also looking for people’s trust that he will empty the shelves of any milk product and destroyed them all.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/7628622.stm

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