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Milk is suppose to be good for your health.. *A food safety incident occured in China involving milk and baby formula which had been contaminated with industrial chemical melamine. Nearly 53000 illnesses, over 12800 hospitalisations, and four infant deaths had been reported, caused by kidney stones and other renal failure. After the initial focus on Sanlu Group, the market leader, government inspections revealed the problem existed to a lesser degree in products from 21 other companies. Sanlu GM Tian was charged under Articles 144 and 150 of the criminal code. A spokesman for the Hebei Provincial Public Security Department said police had arrested 12 milk dealers and suppliers who allegedly sold contaminated milk to Sanlu, and six people were charged with selling melamine. Two brothers who ran a milk collection centre in Hebei had already been arrested for allegedly supplying three tonnes of adulterated milk daily to the dairy. The chemical appeared to have been added to milk in order to cause it to appear to have a higher protein content. The issue has raised concerns about food safety and political corruption in China, and it has also damaged the reputation of China’s food exports. At least 11 countries having stopped all imports of Chinese dairy products. ????????????????? ???????????????? ????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? …
