date:Apr 15, 2013
manufacturers, which suffered a major blow in 2008 following a food safety scandal.
The Sanlu Group, a manufacturer based in Shijiazhuang, was found to have sold milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial compound used to create plastic. Six infants died from consuming the tainted powder, resulting in a scandal that led to jail terms for local officials, as well as raised food safety concerns.
A supermarket employee in Shijiazhuang said foreign baby formula is much more popular tha