The Dutch food safety watchdog says it has found slightly elevated levels of melamine in cookies imported from China.
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First China-Taiwan charter flight since 1949 arrives in Taiwan ... Authority says the cookies were sold only in Chinese shops and have already been pulled from shelves. The Authority said the chance that they made anybody sick was extremely small. Milk tainted with the industrial chemical melamine has been blamed for killing four Chinese babies and making more than 50,000 others sick. Chinese police have arrested at least 22 people suspected of the production of melamine. Police discovered over 220 kilograms of the substance during raids on dairy farms and milk purchasing stations. The toxic chemical is added to milk products to make them appear richer in protein.
(Deutsche Welle)
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