Monday, September 2, 2013

The scandal over toxic milk mixture in China suppressed because of the Olympic Games

Gansu province authorities concealed data by poor quality of infant food composition cause diseases of infants, writes Telegraph. Following the publication of the association between infant formula and urolithiasis in Chinese infants was found in early August, but the information was not disclosed, so they do not spoil the image of China before the Olympics. The first cases of children allegedly made with poor infant formula by Sanlu Group were allocated reported in Gansu at the end of June. The fact that the company is the local authorities warned about the likely cause of the disease on 2 August, said Prime Minister Helen Clark of New Zelanii. 43 percent stake in Sanlu Group - the largest producer of dairy products in China - owned New Zealand company Fonterra. According to Ms. Clark, the New Zealand partner Sanlu representative tried to contact the local authorities and dangerous products to check for several weeks, but each time their calls went unanswered. "The first reaction sought by local authorities, to hide the incident and to do without the formal review of the product," - said Clark. However, once the information reaches Beijing, action was taken immediately, said the New Zealand Prime Minister. According to the U.S. from China dissident Xiao Qian (Xiao Qiang), the article quotes Telegraph, slowness of Chinese officials was associated with the intensification of the information policy on the eve of the Beijing Olympics escape. In support of its version of the list of prohibited Qian quoted by the media, which allegedly issued by the Ministry of Propaganda in China. Among other documents, prohibits the existence of increasing the official Beijing refused journalists' questions about the safety of food in China. According to recent data, the number of victims of the use of substitutes for breast milk with a toxic chemical melamine babies exceeded mixed 1200. Of warehouses Sanlu izyato more than 10 thousand tons of hazardous products. 

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