Chinese premier urges tightened food safety supervision
date:May 16, 2013
uld invest enough in strengthening supervision measures at the grassroots level, the premier said.

A milk scandal in 2008 prompted Chinese parents to loose faith in local formula brands and hoard foreign ones.

Sanlu Group, a manufacturer based in north China's Shijiazhuang, was found to have sold milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial compound used to create plastic which makes the milk appear protein rich. Six infants died from consuming the tainted powder, resulting in a scand
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