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Ce produit chimique est utilisé par certains industriels pour masquer le fait que le lait est coupé à l’eau.

Parents shun check-ups at mainland clinics
MILK CRISIS
Colleen Lee and Paggie Leung
Oct 01, 2008
None of the products Hong Liyuan and Hong Haihui have been feeding their 11-month-old son have been found to be contaminated with melamine, but the Dongguan couple were worried enough to take him for a check-up in Hong Kong yesterday....

Cadbury recalls 11 products after tests reveal melamine

Help worried parents, but sick patients must also get treatment

Oct 01, 2008
The health impact of contaminated milk and its products with melamine is a major public health incident. Food safety is paramount for good health and no one would question the legitimacy of parental concern in the light of the unfolding story on the mainland. But how should the potential damage to health be assessed? Whilst the initial response in Hong Kong to establish emergency clinics was in line with the lack of knowledge, as we understand more about the scale processes and pathways of melamine damage and the links to the whole milk industry on the mainland, we need to adopt a different strategy. ...

Taiwan in damage control after U-turn
MILK CRISIS
Lawrence Chung in Taipei
Sep 27, 2008
Taiwanese President Ma Ying-jeou's government has moved to control damage brought about by its U-turn on how to deal with melamine- tainted products from the mainland....

Taipei orders all suspect products taken off shelves
MILK CRISIS
Lawrence Chung in Taipei
Sep 25, 2008
Taiwanese authorities have ordered all milk products containing mainland-made dairy ingredients and vegetable-based proteins be pulled off store shelves....

A urine sample is taken from a baby as part of kidney tests at a hospital in Taipei. The hospital started providing free tests yesterday.

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Hundreds brave rain to have babies tested
MILK CRISIS
Colleen Lee and Cheung Chi-fai
Sep 25, 2008
Hundreds of Hong Kong parents braved wind and rain to take their children for health checks at public clinics yesterday, fearing that their health had been compromised by the consumption of milk products suspected of being tainted with melamine....

Melamine found in Heinz baby food
Paggie Leung and Ng Kang-chung
Sep 27, 2008
The industrial chemical melamine, the contaminant in the mainland tainted-milk scandal that has spread worldwide, has been found in baby food in Hong Kong for the first time. ...

Contaminant scare hits liquor market
Stock prices of alcohol producers tumble; Singapore finds melamine in potato crackers
MILK CRISIS
Al Guo
Sep 25, 2008
Several listed spirits makers were forced to defend their brands yesterday as rumours that carcinogenic contaminants were found in their products had spread among panicky mainland consumers following the tainted-milk scandal....