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47 people detained for fake milk powder
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-05-17 16:36
A total of 47 people have been detained for the inferior milk powder incident
which was exposed to the public last month in Fuyang City, Anhui Province, with
the involvement of 40 enterprises in 10 provinces, the local police said Monday.
Wang Dongxi, deputy head of Fuyang Public Security Bureau, said 40 of those
detained had been arrested with the approval of the procuratorate on charges of
producing and marketing shoddy and fake products and on selling unhygienic food
causing diseases.
According to Wang, most of the people arrested are locals.
An investigation found that at least 12 babies in the country have so far
died of malnutrition after being fed with substandard milk powder made of
starch, sugar, milk essence and other cheap ingredients but deficient in
protein, fat, vitamin which are necessary to children's
growth.
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