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The 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a significant food safety incident in China. The scandal involved Sanlu Group's milk and infant formula along with other food materials and components being adulterated with the chemical melamine, which resulted in kidney stones and other kidney damage in infants. The chemical was used to increase the nitrogen ...
14 October: China orders the withdrawal of all milk produced more than a month earlier. 15 October: Seventh kidney stone case diagnosed in Hong Kong. 16 October: Eighth kidney stone case diagnosed in Hong Kong; Italy seizes smuggled Chinese milk; Malaysia discovers impure ammonium bicarbonate responsible for biscuit contamination. Raccoon dogs.
Counterfeit baby formula. In April, at least 13 babies in Fuyang, Anhui, and 50–60 more in rural areas of Anhui died of malnourishment from ingesting fake powdered milk. In addition, 100–200 other babies in the province suffered malnutrition but survived. Local officials in Fuyang arrested 47 people who were responsible for making and ...
Empty milk shelf in a Carrefour supermarket in China as a result of the scandal. In late September 2008, the Hong Kong government found melamine in a Chinese-made Nestlé milk product. Six infants died from kidney damage, and a further 860 babies were hospitalised.
Results published up to 27 September 2008 by the National Agency of Drug and Food Control of Republic of Indonesia (NADFC) Manufacturer. Product. Prod weight. Melamine. content (mg/kg) Yantai New Era Health Industry Co., Ltd. Guozhen Pine Pollen Calcium Milk. 20g.
Sanlu Group. Sanlu Group CO., Ltd. (SJZSGCZ) was a Chinese dairy products company based in Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei. [1] It produced one of the oldest and most popular brands of infant formula in China. [2] New Zealand 's Fonterra owned 43% of Sanlu. [citation needed]
2007 – Pet food recalls occurred in North America, Europe, and South Africa as a result of Chinese protein export contamination using melamine as an adulterant. 2008 – Baby milk scandal, in China. 300,000 babies affected, 51,900 hospitalisations and 6 infant deaths.
[173] As the scandal involving melamine contamination of milk broke in September 2008, some western media evoked suspicions that China's desire for a perfect games may have been a factor contributing towards the delayed recall of contaminated infant formula, [174] which has affected 94,000 [175] babies with kidney stones and killed at least 4 ...