Read more melamine stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/1607/melamine.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 7:47:02 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/54614/chinas-grieving-families-stand-up-to-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new political force appears to be emerging in China—grieving parents. The government, usually quick to crack down on dissent, is giving greater leeway to families hit by recent crises such as the tainted-milk scandal and the Sichuan earthquake, the Washington Post reports. Parents have banded together to demand...http://www.newser.com/story/54614/chinas-grieving-families-stand-up-to-government.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 28 Mar 2009 11:20:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52158/china-health-ministry-food-security-grim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIt’s been months since a tainted-milk scandal sickened 300,000 children, but “China’s food-security situation remains grim with high risks and contradictions,” the country’s health ministry said today. With an eye on improving the regulatory system that failed to contain the milk trouble, officials fast-tracked new food-safety laws over the...http://www.newser.com/story/52158/china-health-ministry-food-security-grim.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 02 Mar 2009 11:27:31 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/48642/3-sentenced-to-death-in-china-milk-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Chinese court has sentenced three men to die for adulterating milk for profit and poisoning thousands, CNN reports. The former chairwoman of the milk company at the heart of the scandal that killed six infants and sickened 300,000 has been sentenced to life in prison. Other defendants, including...http://www.newser.com/story/48642/3-sentenced-to-death-in-china-milk-scandal.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThu, 22 Jan 2009 3:49:25 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46732/chinese-exec-pleads-guilty-in-melamine-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe former chair and general manager of China’s Sanlu group pleaded guilty to selling the tainted powdered milk that killed six children and caused a national food scare, the New York Times reports. Tian Wenhua said she knew that the firm’s milk contained dangerously high levels of the industrial chemical...http://www.newser.com/story/46732/chinese-exec-pleads-guilty-in-melamine-case.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 31 Dec 2008 13:23:39 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46361/china-milk-scandal-trials-begin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTrials began today in China for six people accused of intentionally tainting and selling the milk powder that killed six babies and sickened 300,000, the Guardian reports. The men added the toxic chemical melamine to diluted milk to help it pass quality tests in one of China’s worst food...http://www.newser.com/story/46361/china-milk-scandal-trials-begin.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 26 Dec 2008 13:33:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43945/fda-sets-safe-levels-for-melamine-in-baby-formula.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLess than two months after federal food regulators said they couldn’t set a safety threshold for melamine in baby formula, they announced a standard that allows for higher levels than those found in US-made batches of the product. FDA officials yesterday set a threshold of one part per million of...http://www.newser.com/story/43945/fda-sets-safe-levels-for-melamine-in-baby-formula.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 29 Nov 2008 9:09:47 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/43662/melamine-traces-found-in-us-infant-formula.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTraces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling US infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe. A top official said the levels detected are so low that it would be a "dangerous overreaction" for parents to stop using formula. An outbreak in...http://www.newser.com/story/43662/melamine-traces-found-in-us-infant-formula.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 25 Nov 2008 18:40:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42645/us-blocks-chinese-milk-products.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll Chinese products containing milk will be blocked at the US border until tests prove they're free of a widely used toxic contaminant, Bloomberg reports . The FDA is demanding independent testing to prove such products are not tainted with melamine like those which sickened 50,000 children in China. The...http://www.newser.com/story/42645/us-blocks-chinese-milk-products.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 1:43:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/41077/doctors-see-rise-in-kids-with-kidney-stones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagOnce associated with middle age, kidney stones are growing more common among US children, the New York Times reports. A few decades ago, physicians would “see a kid with a stone once every few months,” says one doctor. “Now we see kids once a week or less.” The increase comes...http://www.newser.com/story/41077/doctors-see-rise-in-kids-with-kidney-stones.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Oct 2008 13:14:05 CDT