BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese police have detained three people suspected of selling milk powder tainted with melamine, state media said on Thursday, the industrial chemical involved in a massive toxic food scandal last year. The three were detained in northwestern Shaanxi province on December 2, before tainted goods reached stores, the official Xinhua news agency said. It named the three as Liu Ping, general manager of Shaanxi Jinqiao Diary Company, and two of the firm's employees and said... Read Full Story
HEALTH WATCH: MELAMINE ON MILK ON NESTLE
Taiwan: Melamine Found in Nestle Milk Powder
Two of the six banned Nestle milk powder products, KLIM and Nespray , are seen in a trolley after they were removed from the shelves of a supermarket in Taipei TODAY .
Taiwan health officials ordered stores around the island to remove six types of Nestle dairy products after tests found traces of MELAMINE contamination from China .
However, Nestle reconfirmed its products are safe, but... Read Full Story
Tainted-Feed Pigs Cleared Roughly 56,000 pigs that were fed contaminated pet food scraps are safe to be eaten, the Agriculture Department said.
As China?s Economy Roars, Consumers Lack Defenders The food-safety crisis has revealed major weaknesses in China?s emerging civil society, which has never developed a consumer movement or citizen advocacy groups.
An Export Boom Suddenly Facing a Quality Crisis China is facing international pressure to prove that its food exports are safe, weeks... Read Full Story
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SelectPlusTainted Pet Food Makers Settle LawsuitTainted Pet Food Makers Settle LawsuitThe Associated PressCompanies that were sued over contaminated pet food have agreed to a settlement of $24 million. (May 23)[Notes:ANCHOR VOICE] Pet owners whose pets were sickened or killed by tainted pet food have settled their lawsuit over the contaminated food.The companies that were sued will pay $24 million to pet owners in the U.S. and Canada.A lawyer for pet owners says... Read Full Story
Judge approves pet-food recall settlement
Oct 22, 2008 DVM NEWSMAGAZINE
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Camden, N.J. -- Pet owners whose animals became ill or died from consuming products involved in last year's massive pet-food recall have until Nov. 24 to file claims.
Judge Noel Hillman approved a $24 million class-action settlement in U.S. District Court, opening the way for U.S. claimants to receive... Read Full Story
Shame, shame, shame!
Two Chinese business and one US company were indicted Wednesday over the tainted food that caused last years' pet food recall.
I hope they fry them!
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two Chinese businesses and a U.S. company were indicted Wednesday in the tainted pet food incidents that killed potentially thousands of animals last year and raised worries about products made in China.
Xuzhou Anying Biologic Technology Development Co.; Suzhou Textiles, Silk, Light Industrial... Read Full Story
Issuing an update on the reports from China of infant formula contaminated with melamine, the FDA has issued a Health Information Advisory to proactively reassure the American public that there is no known threat of contamination in infant formula manufactured by companies that have met the requirements to sell such products in the United States. This is so because because none of the Chinese manufacturers of infant formula have fulfilled the requirements to sell infant formula in the United... Read Full Story
More Chinese candy contaminated with melamine is showing up in the U.S. - White Rabbit Creamy Candy was found at two stores in New Haven, Connecticut. Tests found traces of the industrial additive, melamine.
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) put out a warning about White Rabbit candy. The candy was distributed in California, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, New York, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. The American distributor has ordered a recall, but some of the candy... Read Full Story
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Home / Featured / Tainted Pet Food Settlement for $24 Million on the Horizon
October 14, 2008
A proposed settlement filed in a Federal Court, said that Menu Foods, other pet food makers and retailers involved in last year’s massive pet food recall will set up a $24 million cash fund to compensate pet owners.
8 million has already been paid out to pet owners. Legal fees and expenses, which haven’t been determined, will come out of the next fund of... Read Full Story
By Moses Wright A cat food recall is meant to save cats from a risk of health problems that has been identified as a possible consequence of eating the cat food. Sometimes the cat food recall occurs before any cat has gotten ill, but the cat food recall may happen in response to the illness or death of cats that ate the cat food. For a cat food recall, retailers remove the cat food from the shelves and give refunds to people who purchased the cat food. There was a cat food recall in recent... Read Full Story
