January 2009
33 posts
Shure Seizes 8,500 Pairs of Counterfeit Earphones... →
Shure Incorporated announces that it has struck two further blows in the company’s fight against counterfeiting as a result of close cooperation with Chinese authorities.
American Crap Watch: Peanut Company Knew Its Plant... →
More bad news on salmonella tainted peanut butter: The peanut processor knew in 2007 that its plant was contaminated with potentially deadly salmonella but kept shipping out product anyway, according to officials at the Food and Drug Administration. With so much stuff in the pipeline, expect more sick people and more recalls, FDA officials said yesterday.
AFP: Jailed China dairy boss to appeal verdict →
BEIJING (AFP) — The former boss of the dairy firm at the heart of China’s milk scandal is to appeal a court’s decision to jail her for life, her lawyer told the official Xinhua news agency Saturday.
Bloomberg.com: China Death Sentences May Protect... →
Jan. 26 (Bloomberg) — Zhang Yujun, a cattle farmer in eastern China, made almost $1 million selling a toxic concoction that milk buyers used to doctor dairy products and boost profits, killing six infants. Now Zhang will pay with his life.
China says recalled dumplings safe - UPI.com →
BEIJING, Jan. 25 (UPI) — Officials in China say dumplings recalled after a food-poisoning case in Japan did not seriously sicken anyone in China where the dumplings were made.
The Associated Press: China: Parents of milk... →
BEIJING (AP) — Chinese parents whose children were sickened after drinking contaminated milk pushed the government for greater accountability and compensation Friday, a day after a court handed down two death penalties and long prison terms for 19 other defendants.
China sentences two to death over tainted milk -... →
SHIJIAZHUANG, China (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced two men to death for their role in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six children, while the woman most widely blamed for the tragedy got life in jail.
“The lack of regulation around outsourcing is a blind spot that leaves room for...”
– Drug Making’s Move Abroad Stirs Concerns - NYTimes.com
Drug Making’s Move Abroad Stirs Concerns -... →
WASHINGTON — In 2004, when Bristol-Myers Squibb said it would close its factory in East Syracuse, N.Y. — the last plant in the United States to manufacture the key ingredients for crucial antibiotics like penicillin — few people worried about the consequences for national security.
BBC NEWS - China poisoned-milk families sue →
More than 200 families whose children died or were made ill by poisoned milk in China have appealed to the country’s highest court for compensation.
Parents of dead child accept compensation after... →
LANZHOU, Jan. 16 (Xinhua) — The parents of the first child who died after drinking chemically-tainted milk formula in China have been paid by Sanlu Group Co.
China's tainted milk parents hope for death... →
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Jan 16 (Reuters) - Shivering in icy fog, a band of weary men waited outside a court in this north Chinese city on Friday to see what justice would come for their children, sick or dead after drinking milk tainted by a chemical.
China to launch pre-New Year food safety campaign... →
BEIJING, Jan 12 (Reuters) - China will launch a pre-Lunar New Year crackdown on food safety, the Health Ministry said on Monday, focusing on illegal use of additives after a milk scandal last year killed at least six babies and made thousands sick. The campaign would focus on seven provinces, including Hebei where the milk contamination scandal began, ministry spokesman Mao Qunan told a news...
Parents Reject China Milk Settlement - NYTimes.com →
BEIJING — A group of Chinese parents whose children were poisoned by tainted domestic dairy products said they would reject a government-sanctioned compensation package. Instead, they said they would press for long-term health care for the victims and demand medical research into the illnesses that still afflict tens of thousands of children.
Bloomberg.com: China Says Almost 300,000 Babies... →
Jan. 12 (Bloomberg) — China has tested 22.4 million babies nationwide who were fed tainted milk formula and determined that 296,000 of them were sickened, the Ministry of Health said today on its Web site.
Australian dog food pulled from Chinese stores in... →
BEIJING, China (CNN) — A brand of imported pet food is being pulled off store shelves in China after reports of dogs being sickened by it, a company official said Tuesday.
China quality watchdog denies authorizing imports... →
BEIJING, Jan. 13 (Xinhua) — China’s quality watchdog Tuesday denied ever authorizing the import of Optima brand dog food allegedly linked to the deaths of dogs in Chinese cities.
China denies exporting stolen railway technologies... →
China’s Railway Ministry denied reported accusations Saturday that foreigners are being squeezed out of the Chinese railway market and that local companies are exporting trains using Western technologies.
60 said arrested in China milk scandal - UPI.com →
SHIJIAZHUANG, China, Jan. 11 (UPI) — Chinese officials say 60 people have been formally arrested in the country’s tainted infant milk formula scandal.
Latest problem import? Infected digital photo... →
In 2007, U.S. officials recalled melamine-laced pet food that caused the deaths of cats and dogs and lead-coated toys that endangered toddlers. Now, digital photo frames infected with computer viruses are the latest problem import from China.
China beefs up crackdown on illegal fireworks... →
BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Xinhua) — China has beefed up the crackdown on illegal production or selling of fireworks in the run-up to the Spring Festival.
The Associated Press: Recalls →
China recalls list.
More China-Made Baby Cribs Recalled - AHN →
Washington, DC (AHN) - The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) and a Taiwanese crib distributor have recalled 56,450 more Chinese-made cribs sold nationwide for posing danger to infants and toddlers.
BBC NEWS - China investigates baby's death →
An investigation is under way in China after a two-month-old baby boy in Jiangsu died soon after being fed baby milk powder for the first time.
Chinese Poison Drywall Creates Sulfuric Acid... →
You know what would make for some good drywall? The waste materials from scrubbers on coal-fired power plants. That’s apparently what some Chinese manufacturers thought during the housing boom.
China Dairy Firms Apologize By SMS For Milk... →
Sanlu and 21 other Chinese dairy companies involved in a scandal over melamine-tainted milk sent apologies to the public by cellular phone text message, the official Xinhua news agency reported Friday.
China to continue free medical treatment for... →
BEIJING, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) — China will continue to provide free medical treatment to sickened babies in the tainted milk powder scandal, said Mao Qun’an, spokesman of the Ministry of Health on Thursday.
China's chance to come clean - Sydney Morning... →
There’s a common belief that the Chinese word for “chaos” also means “opportunity”. Unfortunately it’s just a popular myth - unfortunate because it’s such a good line and because the present financial crisis does indeed contain plenty of opportunity.
Parents' voice stifled in China milk issue - Los... →
Reporting from Beijing — Chinese police detained at least five parents for 24 hours to block a news conference at which they planned to publicize the plight of their children, who are suffering from kidney stones as a result of drinking tainted baby formula.
In China, tainted milk trial kept under wraps -... →
Reporting from Shijiazhuang, China — Inside a courthouse cordoned off by yellow tape and a phalanx of police, the alleged perpetrators of China’s tainted-milk scandal are being brought to trial here. But the sensational consumer safety case has been shrouded in so much secrecy that it is hard to say whether justice is in fact being done.
Microsoft Lauds China Piracy Case - WSJ.com →
Microsoft Corp. said a court in China convicted 11 people for manufacturing and distributing counterfeit Microsoft software that the company valued at $2 billion.