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Contaminated milk powder producers arrested
By Yuan Yue (China Daily Shaanxi Bureau)
Updated: 2010-02-04 14:39
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Three suspects have been arrested and one pending trial for selling milk powder contaminated with melamine.
Lekang Diary Corporation, located in Weinan, Shaanxi Province, is alleged to have added 10 tons of expired milk powder contaminated with melamine to its own products.
The contaminated milk powder was sold to producers in Guangdong and Fujian in South China, according to reports citing a news conference held by Shaanxi Provincial Public Security Bureau.
Four and a half tons of milk powder has been destroyed under supervision of the Quality Supervision Department in Weinan City on January 22.
China has been plagued by milk scandals since 2008, which caused health problems in around 300,000 , according to the Ministry of Health.
The province is now recalling their remaining products in the market.
