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China Province Recalls Milk Powder After
A Chinese province has recalled a brand of milk powder after more than 150 children suffered food poisoning, Xinhua news agency said on Sunday, just weeks after another case in which fake milk powder killed at least 13 babies. Health authorities in southwestern Guizhou "demanded buyers across the province to immediately stop drinking" Shanhua milk powder, produced by the Guiyang Sanlian Milk Co on April 1 and 2. It did not give a reason for the two specific dates or say when the children fell sick. "According to reports given by local residents, over 70 kids in two kindergartens located in the Wudang district of Guiyang, capital of the province, (suffered) vomiting, diarrhoea and fever after drinking such milk powder," Xinhua said. Eighty-four children in another kindergarten also suffered similar symptoms, it said. A Xinhua report earlier this month said 80 children were rushed to hospital in Guiyang on June 3 with food poisoning believed to have been caused by substandard milk powder. Billions of dollars worth of counterfeit and substandard goods are produced in China every year and mass food poisoning cases are commonplace. News of the deaths from malnutrition of the 13 babies in impoverished Anhui province after drinking fake milk powder sparked a national outcry and drew the attention of top leaders. EMPHASIS ADDED It doesnât look like Chinaâs learning much, despite the death of their own infants and children. Iâve yet to hear of any sentences being handed down in the fake milk powder cases. Youâd think that the politburo would crack down on product counterfeiting. Oh, wait ... itâs one of the ways that China makes so much money. If only it werenât innocent children f&%king being killed at the hands of profiteers, Iâd say that China is getting its just desserts for all of the havoc they wreak upon other economies with their government sanctioned theft. Too bad the politburoâs kids arenât obliged to consume the same hogwash they let loose upon their own people. These murderers would be marched to the wall the very next morning. What a way to keep the birth rate down. Posted by: Zenster 2004-06-13 |
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