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Corporate greed, import liberalization, and lack of priority to local food production and to ensuring food safety are to be blamed for the entry of melamine-contaminated products in the Philippines.
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Last week, Greenfood Yili Fresh Milk and Mengniu Drink, which have labels written in Chinese character, were found to contain traces of the toxic industrial chemical....
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Chinese police have detained six people suspected of producing and selling melamine. The arrests were made during an investigation into melamine contamination at Yili...
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A veteran Filipino journalist based in China said that the melamine milk scandal was already known to some Chinese officials as early as December last year but failed...
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Some critics have suggested that China knew about the link between the sick babies and melamine-laced formula months ago — well before the Summer Olympics in Beijing...
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Health Secretary Francisco Duque III said only Greenfood Yili Fresh Milk and Mengniu Drink, which have labels written in Chinese character, were found to contain traces...
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Taiwan’s health minister said Thursday that six Nestle milk products were banned from sale after they were found to be tainted with melamine. The tainted items,...
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China has found the toxic industrial chemical melamine in 31 milk powder products. This represents 11.7 percent of a total of 265 products covered by the investigation,...
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It has been confirmed that at least two babies have died in China after drinking milk formula tainted with melamine, a substance used in plastics, fertilisers, glues...
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The Hong Kong Market in New Haven, Conn., seen here Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2008 is one of four stores in Connecticut where candy containing melamine was found.
