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China Executes 2 People Over Tainted Milk Scandal

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 11.24.2009 | World

Read More: Corruption, China Milk, Melamine Pet Food, Melamine Milk, Tainted, Baby Formula, Food Safety, Protein Powder, Beijing, Communist Party, Tainted Milk, Melamine, Sanlu, Bad Milk, Chinese Baby Formula, Milk Scandal, Death Penalty, Lethal Injection, Standards, China, World News

BEIJING — China executed a dairy farmer and a milk salesman Tuesday for their roles in the sale of contaminated baby formula – severe puni...

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The Safety of Imported Food?

Tony Corbo | Posted 11.26.2009 | Green

Read More: China Milk Powder, Imported Food Safety, Melamine, Shanghai Daily, Food, Food Safety, Food Imports, Food Safety Bill, Food and Drug Administration, Imported Food, Center for Food Safety, Food-Borne Diseases, Green News
Tony Corbo

Of the 9.5 million shipments of imported food items that will arrive at our ports-of-entry this fiscal year, FDA inspectors will physically examine only 1.53% of them.

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The Food & Drug Administration: Broken, Now Break It Up!

Andrew Kimbrell | Posted 07.25.2009 | Politics

Read More: Bush Administration, Politics of Food, Melamine, Homeland Security, Food Crisis, President Obama, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Mercury, Food Safety, Food, Fda, Peanut Butter Recall, Margaret Hamburg, Politics News
Andrew Kimbrell

The FDA seems to have never heard of the precautionary principle and, in service to the interests of a few chemical companies like Monsanto, put the entire eating public at risk.

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Chutzpah and cheaters partner to keep American tire workers unemployed

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 07.02.2009 | Business

Read More: Fair Trade, U.S. Embassy, Free Trade, Usw, United Steelworkers, American Omni Trading Co., China, Foreign Tire Sales, Chinese Tires, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, People’s Daily, Date Rape Drug, Section 421 Case, Orteck Global Supply & Distribution Co., Hercules Tire & Rubber Co., Trade, Melamine, U.S. Congress, Del-Nat Tire Corp., Aqua Dots, Itc, Chutzpah Coalition, International Trade Commission, Dunlap & Kyle Co., Yiddish, Business News
Leo W. Gerard

A group of tire importers that should be competitors banded together recently to ally themselves with China in a trade case. Doesn't sound like th...

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China Milk Scandal: First Court Agrees To Hear Case

AP | CHRISTOPHER BODEEN | Posted 04.25.2009 | World

Read More: China, Foreign Affairs, Advocacy, Tainted Chinese Milk, China Tainted Milk, Tainted Milk, Milk, Melamine, China Products, China Court, World News

BEIJING — A northern Chinese court has accepted a compensation suit against the dairy at the heart of the tainted milk scandal that sickened nea...

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Parents! Mercury Contamination Found in High Fructose Corn Syrup

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 03.01.2009 | Green

Read More: Healthy Eating, Toxic Chemicals, Junk Food, Chlorine, Children, Melamine, Health, Nutrition, Hfcs, Mercury, High Fructose Corn Syrup, Food, Neurotoxin, Fda, Barack Obama, Parents, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

A study by the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy detected mercury in nearly one-third of 55 popular brand-name food and beverage products where HFCS is the present.

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In the Dangerous Kitchen

Jeremy Haft | Posted 02.27.2009 | World

Read More: Food, Toy Recalls, Salmonella, Fda, Medicine, Melamine, China, World News
Jeremy Haft

America is in dire peril when it comes to our food and drug supply. We're connected in one long chain with China, yet neither of us can effectively police quality.

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China Milk Scandal: 2 Get Death Penalty For Their Role

AP | ANITA CHANG | Posted 02.22.2009 | World

Read More: China Milk Scandal, China Milk, China Milk Crisis, Geng Jinping, Melamine, Gao Junjie, Tian Wenhua, Zhang Yujun, China Milk Trial, China, China Death Sentence, China 2 People Death Penalty, China Death Penalty, China Puts Two to Death, China Has Executed Two Executives Found Responsible in the Milk Contamination Scandel, World News

SHIJIAZHUANG, China — A Chinese court sentenced two men to death and a dairy boss to life in prison for their roles in producing and selling inf...

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Chinese Melamine Trial: Dairy Boss Pleads Guilty, May Face Death Penalty

Reuters | Posted 01.31.2009 | World

Read More: Chinese Government, Milk Products, Dairy, Melamine, China, Tainted Chinese Milk, World News

BEIJING (Reuters) - The chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company went on trial on Wednesday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six chil...

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China's Milk Scandal: 6 Stand Trial For Contamination

Xinhua | Posted 01.26.2009 | World

Read More: China Milk Scandal, China Milk, Xinhua China Milk, Shijiazhuang, China Milk Powder, Melamine, China Milk Trial, China, China Milk Scandal Trial, World News

SHIJIAZHUANG, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Six people involved in China's melamine adulteration milk scandal went on trial on Friday in four courts in northern...

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Melamine is Mean Stuff

Zem Joaquin | Posted 01.23.2009 | Green

Read More: Candy, Toxic Chemicals, Melamine Poisoned Dog Food, Melamine and Infant Formula U.S., Chemical Infant Formula, White Rabbit, Melamine, Melamine Regulation, China, Infant Formula Melamine, Health, Green News
Zem Joaquin

Melamine, when consumed, can cause problems in the kidneys and bladder, and at least four children in China have died, and more than 50,000 have become sick with kidney problems.

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What's for Dinner? Lead and Antifreeze -- Yum!

Christopher Gavigan | Posted 01.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Lead, India, Children, Tainted Chinese Milk, Milk, Lead Paint Toys, Fda, Antifreeze, Healthy Child Healthy World, Imports, Melamine, Toxic Imports, Chinese Exports, Heparin, Meat, Children's Health, China, Tainted Toothpaste, Green News
Christopher Gavigan

Over the past couple of months, melamine has been heavy in the headlines... dairy products manufactured in China were intentionally contaminated with the chemical.

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Fixing China's Health Problems

Jaeah J. Lee | Posted 01.13.2009 | World

Read More: China Pollution, Melamine, China Healthcare, Health, U.S. China Trade, Health Care, China, Sars, World News
Jaeah J. Lee

In one health crisis after another, Beijing has simply fired officials, issued new quality standards, and promised to get it right next time. Meanwhile, the scandals have only continued.

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FDA Sets Melamine Standard For Baby Formula

AP | JOAN LOWY and JUSTIN PRITCHARD | Posted 12.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Baby Formula Standards, Melamine, Melamine Standards, Baby Formula, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Two months ago, federal food regulators said they were unable to set a safety threshold for the industrial chemical melamine in bab...

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Tainted Chinese Milk Spreads To Edible British Sex Toys

The Sun | ANDREA HAMMETT | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics

Read More: Britain, Melamine, Sex, Tainted Chinese Milk, Sex Toys, China, Politics News

CHAMPAGNE, check, strawberries, check, chocolate-flavoured willy spread - erm, come again. The novelty food product may spice up your bedroom antics,...

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Why Chinese Babies are Dying

Jeremy Haft | Posted 10.23.2008 | Business

Read More: Quality Control, Corporate Governance, Wall Street, Melamine, Tainted Chinese Milk, Chinese Baby Formula, Capitalism, China, Business News
Jeremy Haft

We blame bad regs for China's melamine myopia. This isn't the problem. China lags centuries behind the West when it comes to corporate governance.

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