AP - China’s Health Ministry says the number of children sickened by tainted milk products has doubled, with nearly 12,900 in hospital and 104 of them seriously ill.
In a statement posted on its Web site late Sunday, the ministry said the sick children consumed milk made from milk powder, most of it produced by the Shijiazhuang Sanlu Group. It said 12,892 children have been hospitalized.
China’s government is confronting one of the worst food safety crises in years, with inspectors having found the industrial chemical melamine in products from Sanlu and 21 other companies.
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