Chinese Officials Jailed Over Fake Milk Powder That Led to Babies' Deaths

Charleston Daily Mail › August 13, 2004

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BEIJING - Two local officials have been jailed for failing to stop sales of a fake milk powder that led to the deaths of 13 infants in an eastern Chinese city, the government announced today.

State media trumpeted the convictions as a sign of the government's heightened concern for public safety amid a string of deaths and injuries blamed on widespread counterfeiting of food and medicines.

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Chinese Officials Jailed Over Fake Milk Powder That Led to Babies' Deaths

Bai Qixiang and Li Tingjun, commerce officials in Fuyang, were s...

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