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New milk powder scandal in China?

11.08.10 23:30 Age: 3 yrs

 

The Chinese Health Minsistry started an investigation in Hubei province after Chinese infant girls were reported to develop breasts.

Samples of milk powder were being tested. The investigation is still underway. But appearenlty 3 infant girls showed some premature sexual development according to Xinhua News Agency.

Samples of milk powder made by Qingdao-based Synutra International were being tested, but on Monday, Synutra Chairman and CEO Liang Zhang in a statement called denied the media reports, which were, according to him, based on speculations.

He stated that his company was working together with the authorities to test the samples.

The case is the latest scandel in China's dairy industry. In 2008, a tainted milk powder scandal involving melamine lead to the death of six babies  and sickened nearly 300,000 babies in Hebei province.

 

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