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Mass Recall of China Milk Produce
from BBC News
Shop shelves across China are being cleared of popular dairy products after tests found contamination in regular milk as well as baby milk powder.
Inspectors found that 10% of liquid milk from three of China's dairies was tainted with melamine.
The scandal first came to light in milk powder that killed four infants and sickened more than 6,000 others. Suppliers are suspected of diluting milk to cut costs, then adding melamine to make it appear higher in protein.
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