Nearly 100 people have been arrested in China for allegedly producing and selling illegal melamine-tainted dairy products, according to official Chinese media.
Of the 96 people detained in connection with melamine adulteration, 17 have been convicted, including two people who were sentenced to life in prison. Thirty-eight people are awaiting
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A leading United Nations human rights official expressed concern Thursday over China’s treatment of food safety activists.
Olivier De Schuttter, the United Nations’ Human Rights Council’s independent expert on the right to food, said in a news conference that he was worried about societal and governmental intimidation of activists.
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Melamine-ware used by local food premises is safe to use, Hong Kong’s Center for Food Safety (CFS) found in a risk assessment study.
Tableware products made of melamine-formaldehyde resins (generally described as melamine-ware) were widely used around the world due to their durability, good chemical and heat resistance and low
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More than two years after China was bungling its way through the melamine-contaminated milk scandal, the father of one of the victims is being sent to prison for organizing other parents and speaking out about the tragedy.
Zhao Lianhai, a Beijing father whose son was one of the estimated 300,000
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The Chinese government is launching a nationwide registry aimed at keeping melamine out of the food supply and in the industrial sector, where the chemical is typically used for making plastic products.
China’s general office of the State Council issued a notice saying the purchase and sale of the industrial
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Official Chinese media recently reported that the country will pour money into its food monitoring and risk assessment system technologies. This influx of money is meant to improve food safety in accordance with a food safety law that was passed in 2009 in response to the melamine milk scandal.
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This week Chinese scientists funded by the Chinese Ministry of Health announced in the peer-reviewed Talanta journal that they have developed a quick and simple color change test to detect melamine in milk products.
Scientists began working on developing a test after the contaminated milk scandal in 2008, when milk powder tainted
The recent seizure of 76 tons of melamine-tainted dairy products in China has again sparked concern over the country’s food safety system.
While it remains unclear whether the recently-seized dairy was left over from previous incidents, or a new batch, or whether any illnesses have been connected to the
A Chinese state-run news agency reported the seizure of 76 tons of milk tainted with melamine. Some of the products carried over 550 times the legal limit of this toxin.
Food safety regulations in China were strengthened after a 2008 melamine milk recall that sickened over 300,000 Chinese babies and
Representatives from 130 countries attending the World Health Organization’s annual food safety meeting this week will discuss setting a global limit on how much melamine is allowed in food and animal feed.
Melamine contamination in milk products was been blamed for the sickening of nearly 300,000 babies and the
