China reports 432 infants with kidney stones due to fake milk
The number of infants suffering from kidney stones after consuming the contaminated milk powder in China went up to 432, an official said on Saturday.
By PTI |
BEIJING: The number of infants suffering from kidney stones after consuming the contaminated milk powder in China went up to 432, an official said on Saturday.
North China's Hebei provincial government has ordered a halt of production of the Sanlu Group, the producer of the contaminated milk powder.
"Sanlu Group should take a large part of responsibility in the case. The country reported 432 sick babies suffering from kidney stones as of yesterday," a senior Chinese health ministry official, Gao Qiang was quoted as saying by the official news agency.
"It is a severe food safety accident," said Gao Qiang, referring to the baby milk powder contamination case involving the Sanlu Group. The Chinese government ordered stopping sales of all Sanlu brand baby milk powder on the market and tightening checks on feed-stuff, raw milk, and the processing, wholesale and sale links, said Gao Qiang,
The milk brand, Sanlu Group had got complaints about its baby milk powder in March and then confirmed the problems through its own investigation. It also took actions to recall some of these products. However, for a long time after that the group didn't report it to the government neither did it reveal the information to the public, the official said at the press conference.
North China's Hebei provincial government has ordered a halt of production of the Sanlu Group, the producer of the contaminated milk powder.
"Sanlu Group should take a large part of responsibility in the case. The country reported 432 sick babies suffering from kidney stones as of yesterday," a senior Chinese health ministry official, Gao Qiang was quoted as saying by the official news agency.
"It is a severe food safety accident," said Gao Qiang, referring to the baby milk powder contamination case involving the Sanlu Group. The Chinese government ordered stopping sales of all Sanlu brand baby milk powder on the market and tightening checks on feed-stuff, raw milk, and the processing, wholesale and sale links, said Gao Qiang,
The milk brand, Sanlu Group had got complaints about its baby milk powder in March and then confirmed the problems through its own investigation. It also took actions to recall some of these products. However, for a long time after that the group didn't report it to the government neither did it reveal the information to the public, the official said at the press conference.
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