Melamine-Tainted Dairy Products Resurface in China

Chinese food safety officials have seized 64t of raw dairy products contaminated with melamine, the chemical that caused the death of six children and left 300,000 babies ill in 2008.

Test samples of 38t of milk powder found in north-west China’s Gansu and Qinghai provinces showed it carried up to 500 times the maximum allowed level of the chemical.

Officials in Qinghai seized 26t of dairy powder with lower amounts of melamine and 12t of finished products.

The contaminated powder was traced back to the Dongyuan Dairy Factory in Minhe Country.

Traders had bought the tainted milk from Hebei province, possibly buying up batches supposed to have been destroyed after the 2008 scandal, according to Xinhua news agency.