Mass Torts Update - Monday, November 10, 2008 13:39 - 0 Comments

Safety issues remain with Chinese milk

There are major health and safety issues involving Chinese milk tainted with melamine, a chemical used in making furniture and other goods, and it appears little is being done to solve the problem as has been widely reported. Several children were killed and more than 54,000 made sick in China. The United States, European Union, India, South Korea and a number of other countries have recalled or banned products, including milk from China, as a result. The Chinese milk-safety scandal exposes one of the pitfalls of a key strategy of the world’s big multinational food companies and that is relying on local suppliers in emerging markets. The Chinese government has been struggling to contain the scandal over the contamination of the dairy products. I am not real sure that very much progress is being made.

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