Reports on testing milk are posted on
shelf at a supermarket in Shijiazhuang, capital city of north China's
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BEIJING, Oct.4 (Xinhua) -- The latest sample test
detected no melamine in newly supplied liquid milk on China's market, the
country's quality watchdog said Saturday.
Samples of 609 batches of liquid milk from 27 cities
across China were found free of melamine, said the General Administration of
Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ).
Altogether 75 brands were sampled for the test,
including top-selling ones such as Yili, Mengniu, Bright Dairy, Sanyuan and
Wandashan, according to the AQSIQ.
The test was the sixth in China after the tainted
milk powder scandal erupted last month. A total of 2,093 batches of liquid milk
under 115 brands, among other dairy products, have been checked since then, said
the AQSIQ.
A nationwide inspection of baby milk powder was
ordered on Sept. 11 after media reports that products from Sanlu and other
Chinese brands contained melamine. Testing has been broadened from baby formula
to other types of milk products.
In the previous inspection, on Sept. 30, officials
tested 265 batches of adult milk powder produced before Sept. 14 by 154
companies, and the tests found 31 batches from 20 companies were tainted with
melamine.
Some 13,000 infants nationwide have been hospitalized
with kidney problems and at least three have died after drinking baby formula
tainted with melamine, a toxic chemical added to raw milk to raise its apparent
protein content.
BEIJING, Oct. 4
(Xinhua) -- China's Ministry of Agriculture said Saturday it had made an
emergency rescue plan with the Ministry of Finance to give special subsidies to
the country's dairy farmers, who have suffered from shrinking demand after the
tainted milk scandal.
Fewer dairy farmers were dumping raw milk as government
support policies to shield them from losses paid off, said the ministry in a
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