BEIJING, Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- China's quality watchdog
published on Thursday a list of more than 300 testing agencies approved to
conduct melamine testing.
The list announced by the General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine includes the Beijing-based
testing center under the Chinese Academy of Inspection and Quarantine, the
testing center for animals, plants and food under the Tianjin Entry-Exit
Inspection and Quarantine Bureau, and Taiyuan Bureau of Quality and Technical
Supervision.
The administration said it would continue to update
the list of "credible" agencies on its website so that both dairy producers and
consumers could find among the list an appropriate agency for the melamine
testing.
Some 13,000 infants nationwide were hospitalized with
kidney problems and at least three were killed after drinking baby formula
tainted with the toxic chemical of melamine, which was added to raw milk so the
protein content of the milk appears higher than it actually is.
BEIJING,
Oct. 2 (Xinhua) -- Food safety officials here said on Thursday that none of the
chemical melamine was found in 418 samples taken from newly-produced liquid milk
of the nation's major brands in the most recent inspection.
The General Administration of Quality Supervision,
Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ) announcement, posted on its website,
concerned the latest tests of 65 domestic brands nationwide, as milk quality
testing continued throughout China in the wake of a deadly contamination
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