Chinese gov't says no melamine found in Wyeth milk powder

BEIJING, Feb. 26 (Chinese media) -- No melamine has been

found in Wyeth formula milk powder which has reportedly caused kidney illness on

20 children, said China's quality supervisor Thursday.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision,

Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said it checked every batch of powder produced

and imported by Wyeth from Sept. 14 till now and no melamine was detected.

The newspaper Nanfang Daily reported this Monday

parents of 20 Chinese infants alleged that their children suffered kidney

disorders after drinking Wyeth milk powder.

However, Wyeth refuted the report, saying that there

were no medical reports or other evidence supporting claims that the 20 infants

were sickened by Wyeth milk powder.

Melamine-adulterated milk powder killed at least six

Chinese infants and sickened almost 300,000. More than 300 children were still

in the hospital at the end of December, according to the Ministry of Health.

Two people have been sentenced to death for their

roles in the contamination, while the ex-chairwoman of Sanlu Group, which was at

the heart of the scandal, was jailed for life.

Scandal-hit Chinese dairy to be auctioned next

month

SHIJIAZHUANG, Feb. 13 (Chinese media) -- A Chinese dairy company

at the center of a milk contamination scandal will go up for auction early next

month.

Sanlu Group's assets will be auctioned on March 4 at the

Intermediate People's Court of Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei

Province, according to a joint statement by the Hebei Jiahai Auction Co. Ltd.,

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