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Chinese tighten dairy regulations after scandal

By Associated Press
Friday, October 10, 2008 - Added 41d 20h ago

BEIJING - China’s State Council tightened quality control regulations for the dairy industry Friday, as authorities in Macau and Hong Kong reported several children had kidney stones blamed on Chinese tainted milk.

Contaminated milk powder, laced with the industrial chemical melamine, has been blamed for causing the deaths of four infants and sickening more than 54,000 others.

 
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A Chinese couple buy yogurt at a supermarket in Wuhan in central China’s Hubei province Thursday, Oct. 9, 2008.

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