HK and Seoul act on China baby milk worries

热点词：

food safety 食品安全；recall 召回； watchdog 监督人； melamine 三聚氰胺；

protein content 蛋白质含量；dilute 稀释； kidney stone 肾结石；

HK and Seoul act on China baby milk worries

China's tainted infant formula scandal yesterday spread beyond the country's borders as food safety officials in South Korea and Hong Kong said they would investigate or recall Chinese products.

The Chinese government, which is scrambling to reduce damage to the image of “Made in China”, announced more arrests in connection with the milk powder crisis, which claimed its fourth victim yesterday.

Hong Kong ordered the recall of dairy products including milk, ice-cream and yogurt made by Yili, one of China's biggest dairy groups and an official sponsor of the Beijing Olympics.

Hong Kong's food safety watchdog said eight out of 30 Yili products had failed a test for contamination with melamine, a chemical that can boost the apparent protein content of milk diluted with water. Shares in Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group tumbled by the 10 per cent daily maximum for a second straight day.

South Korea's food protection agency said it would test whether processed foods from China contained poisonous chemicals. The Korea Food and Drug Administration said it had collected samples of 615 imported Chinese products that might contain tainted milk powder, the Yonhap news agency said.

The Chinese government has said milk powder was exported by Yili and Sanlu, the first company whose products were cited for melamine contamination, only to Yemen, Bangladesh, Burma, Gabon and Burundi.

The government's product safety watchdog website said tests on livestock feed would be stepped up to prevent the use of melamine.

Meanwhile worried parents continued to bring infants to hospitals across the country to have them tested for kidney stones, which can be caused by melamine contamination.

香港韩国应对中国问题奶粉

中国婴儿配方奶粉受污染的丑闻昨日继续扩大。韩国和香港食品安全官员表示，他们将对中国产品进行调查或召回。

中国政府正竭力降低该事件对“中国制造”形象的损害，宣布逮捕了更多涉及奶粉危机的嫌疑人。受污染奶粉昨天造成了第四例婴儿死亡。

香港政府下令召回几种乳制品，包括伊利(Yili)生产的牛奶、冰淇淋和酸奶。伊利是中国最大的乳业集团之一，也是北京奥运会官方赞助商。

香港食品安全监督机构表示，30款伊利产品中，有8款未能通过三聚氰胺污染测试，这种化学物质能够从表面上提高稀释后牛奶中的蛋白质含量。内蒙古伊利实业集团(Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group)的股票连续第二天跌停。

韩国食品安全保护机构表示，将检测从中国进口的加工食品中是否含有有毒化学物质。韩国联合通讯社(Yonhap)称，韩国食品与药品管理局(Korea Food and Drug Administration)表示，已从615种从中国进口、可能含有受污染奶粉的产品取样。

中国政府曾表示，伊利和三鹿(Sanlu)生产的奶粉仅出口销往也门、孟加拉国、缅甸、加蓬和布隆迪。三鹿是第一家奶粉被指受三聚氰胺污染的企业。

中国产品安全监管机构的网站表示，将加强对饲料的查验，以防止三聚氰胺的使用。

与此同时，中国各地焦虑的家长们继续带婴幼儿到医院，检查是否患有三聚氰胺污染导致的肾结石。