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Montreal的不法针灸医生事件估计国内都不会管,这种纯粹中国内政的事情他们居然也管,把家丑全抖出来了,真是丢人。
Fake formula fatal in China
Malnutrition hits dozens of infants
AP
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
Dozens of infants in eastern China have died from malnutrition after being fed fake formula with virtually no nutritional value, state media reported yesterday.
The deaths prompted demands from Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao for a "thorough investigation and severe punishment" of the formula's manufacturers, according to state media.
The State Food and Drug Administration sent investigators to the impoverished inland province of Anhui to trace the origin of the formula and find those responsible, the reports said.
Up to 200 babies who were fed the formula developed what doctors called "big head disease," causing the infants' heads to grow abnormally large while their bodies wasted away. Some babies died within three days of being fed the formula, while others were hospitalized after parents discovered their children were sick.
The reports said that from April last year, about 50 to 60 infants died from malnutrition after being fed the formula. That number could rise once investigations are completed, the reports said.
The government's tough action underscores its sensitivity over the rampant and sometimes dangerous piracy of products - from brake pads to alcohol to medicine. Chinese with little money and understanding of the risks are the most common victims.
The fake formula was purchased from shops in Fuyang, a city in Anhui where farmers scrape by on incomes equivalent to $325 Canadian a year.
Some formula contained less than one gram of protein per 100 grams, about one-18th of the standard content, said a specialist with the Fuyang Health Department's Food Supervision Bureau. Important minerals such as iron and zinc were completely missing, said the specialist, who declined to give her name.
She said the cheats had taken advantage of rural consumers' naivete about health and consumer issues.
"Rural people are very vulnerable. They don't ask for receipts, don't suspect the authenticity of products and are more liable to be cheated," she said. |
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