Melamine - contaminated milks from China: Banned

The Bureau of Food and Drugs on Monday, September 22, 2008 ordered stops sale of 2 Chinese milk brand Yili and Mengiu products from Chinese major dairy companies Mengniu Dairy Co and Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group after conducting a test having a melamine - contaminated that left thousands of infants hospitalized.

Melamine is a non-alimentary industrial chemical which causes kidney stones and other renal damage. Decreased frequency of urination as well as presence of blood in urine are the symptoms of melamine intakes.

Last week, the Chinese government’s quality watchdog released an initial list of milk manufacturing companies suspected of using melamine in their milk products.

The companies are:

1 Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co
2 Shanghai Panda Dairy Co Ltd
3 Synutra International Inc
4 Shanxi Gucheng Dairy Co Ltd
5 Jiangxi Bright & Hero Dairy Co
6 Baoji Huimin Milk Co Ltd
7 Mengniu Dairy
8 Duojiaduo Dairy Industry (Tianjin) Co Ltd
9 Guangdong Yashili Group Co Ltd
10 Hunan Peiyi Dairy Co
11 Heilongjiang Qining Dairy Co
12 Shanxi Yashili Dairy Co Ltd
13 Shenzhen Jinbishi Milk Co Ltd
14 Guangzhou Shien Dairy Co
15 Guangzhou Jinding Dairy Co
16 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co
17 Ausmeadow Nutriment Co Ltd
18 Qingdao Suncare Nutritional Technology Co Ltd
19 Xi'an Baiyue Dairy Co Ltd
20 Yantai Leilei Dairy Products Co Ltd
21 Shanghai Bao'anli Dairy Co Ltd
22 Fuding Chenguan Dairy Co Ltd