Two executed in China over tainted milk

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I wonder if this had happened in India - what would have been the punishment.   This is not isolated incidence - milk adulteration still goes on. Lokesh

(CNN) -- Two people were executed Tuesday in China for their part in a tainted milk scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened about 300,000 others, state-run media reported.

 

Zhang Yujun was executed for endangering public safety and Geng Jinping was executed for producing and selling toxic food, the Xinhua news agency said.

The tainted formula came to light in September 2008, after several babies fell ill from drinking formula that contained melamine. Melamine is commonly used in coatings and laminates, wood adhesives, fabric coatings, ceiling tiles and flame retardants. Some Chinese dairy plants added the chemical to milk products so they would appear to have a higher protein level.

 

The tainted milk caused kidney stones and urinary tract problems in hundreds of thousands of children.

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