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Empty milk shelf in a Carrefour supermarket in China as a result of the scandal. 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.
This timeline of the 2008 Chinese milk scandal documents how events related to the Chinese dairy products contamination by melamine unfolded. Complaints about kidney problems traced back to a brand of infant formula, subsequent discoveries of melamine contamination of liquid milk, and exported powdered milk of processed food products (using contaminated milk).
In September 2008, a fresh outbreak of kidney disease occurred, due to baby formula contaminated by melamine. Melamine was deliberately added to fool quality testing intended to measure protein content, which was implemented after the 2004 incident where babies died of malnutrition due to baby formula being watered down too much. Six babies ...
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The Latest Baby Formula Recall, Explained Liudmila Chernetska. On December 30, 2023, Reckitt/Mead Johnson Nutrition announced a voluntary recall of certain batches of its Nutramigen Powder, ...
In 2013, a wide-scale recall of products sold by dairy producer Fonterra was announced after suspected botulism-causing bacteria were found during safety tests.The contaminated whey products had been sold to third parties who use it to produce infant formula and sports drinks.
The formula from Dairy Manufacturers Inc. was recalled less than two weeks ago, but the update from the FDA Tuesday shared the results of the sample testing.