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Chinese tighten dairy rules amid growing reports of teens with kidney stones from tainted milk By TINI TRAN Associated Press Writer BEIJING October 10, 2008 (AP) Pghilippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque III holds a new list of milk and milk products that... 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. More than 10,000 children remained hospitalized with eight of them in serious condition, the Health Ministry said. The new regulations, effective immediately, tighten control over cattle breeding, the... [read full story]
