Published 1 October 2008, doi:10.1136/bmj.a1890
Cite this as: BMJ 2008;337:a1890

News

China’s tainted milk scandal spreads around world

¹ Hong Kong

The first 150 words of the full text of this article appear below.

Dozens of countries have banned the sale or imports of dairy products from China. Melamine tainted milk has killed four infants in China and hospitalised tens of thousands of infants and children with kidney problems.

The European Union has banned all baby food containing Chinese milk; France has gone further by banning all foods containing Chinese milk as a precautionary measure. Altogether 24 other countries in Asia, Africa, and South America have imposed bans on some or all Chinese milk products.

The World Health Organization has called on countries to be alert to possible melamine contamination of dairy products sourced in China.

"While breast feeding is the ideal way of providing infants with the nutrients they need for healthy growth and development, it is also critical to ensure that there is an adequate supply of safe powdered infant formula to meet the needs of infants who are not breast fed," . . . [Full text of this article]

CiteULike    Complore    Connotea    Del.icio.us    Digg    Reddit    StumbleUpon    Technorati    What's this?

Relevant Articles

Metal smelting plants poison hundreds of Chinese children

Jane Parry
BMJ 2009 339: b3433. [Extract] [Full Text]

FDA looks afresh at adulteration of products

Bob Roehr
BMJ 2009 338: b1851. [Extract] [Full Text]

Renal screening in children after exposure to low dose melamine in Hong Kong: cross sectional study

Hugh S Lam, Pak C Ng, Winnie C W Chu, William Wong, Dorothy F Y Chan, Stella S Ho, Ka T Wong, Anil T Ahuja, and Chi K Li
BMJ 2008 337: a2991. [Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

This article has been cited by other articles:

• Wang, I J, Wu, Y N, Wu, W C, Leonardi, G, Sung, Y J, Lin, T J, Wang, C L, Kuo, C F, Wu, K Y, Cheng, W C, Chan, C C, Chen, P C, Lin, S-L (2009). The association of clinical findings and exposure profiles with melamine associated nephrolithiasis. Arch. Dis. Child. 94: 883-887 [Abstract] [Full text]  
• Lam, H. S, Ng, P. C, Chu, W. C W, Wong, W., Chan, D. F Y, Ho, S. S, Wong, K. T, Ahuja, A. T, Li, C. K (2008). Renal screening in children after exposure to low dose melamine in Hong Kong: cross sectional study. BMJ 337: a2991-a2991 [Abstract] [Full text]  

Online poll

Find out more here>> and here>>