A Chinese court on Thursday sentenced two people to death and several to life imprisonment for their involvement in the melamine-tainted milk scandal that sickened almost 300,000 children and killed at least six. Chairwoman of the...
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China lawyers file class action lawsuit in high court over tainted milk
Lawyers for the families of 213 Chinese children sickened or killed by melamine-contaminated milk petitioned the Supreme People's Court , China's highest court, to hear a class action lawsuit against 22 dairy companies involved...
China police detain parents of children sickened by tainted milk
Police in China detained five parents of children who became sick after drinking melamine-tainted milk , preventing the parents from participating in a Friday news conference. One of the parents said that they had been given no...
Compensation arrangements in China milk crisis do not ensure improved product safety
Bill Marler : "According to the latest news reports, the 22 companies implicated in the Chinese powdered milk crisis are likely to pay 1.1 billion yuan ($160 million) in compensation to the families of the...
China dairy executive pleads guilty in contaminated milk trial
Chinese diary company chairwoman Tian Wenhua on Wednesday pleaded guilty to charges that she allowed her company to sell milk contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine even after she knew of the contamination, according to...
China dairy companies to pay $160 million in compensation for contaminated milk
Twenty-two Chinese dairy companies are expected to pay a total of $160 million to compensate the families of nearly 300,000 children harmed by melamine-contaminated milk , according to a Tuesday report by China Daily. Government sources...
China trials begin for 4 more accused in tainted milk scandal
Four criminal trials began Monday in China's Hebei province for persons accused of involvement in the country's recent melamine-tainted milk scandal. The four are generally accused in connection with the manufacture of two hundred tons of melamine-containing...
The Chinese Dairy Industry Association announced Saturday that 22 companies will provide financial compensation to families whose infants were harmed by melamine-contaminated milk . Families will receive a one-time payment of an unspecified amount,...
Six criminal trials in four separate courts began Friday in China's Hebei province for six people accused of involvement in the country's recent melamine-tainted milk scandal. The six cattle farmers and milk collectors are accused of making...
The Hebei Supreme Court in China on Monday rejected a class action suit filed against government-owned dairy farm Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group Co. by the families of children who died or were harmed as a result of tainted milk. Lawyers...