China: Additives Draft Law Reviewed

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Source: New York Times

China’s legislature began reviewing a draft law on Thursday that would strictly limit food additives, after more than 50,000 infants were sickened by formula adulterated with melamine, an industrial chemical used to inflate protein levels artificially. The Health Ministry already ordered more restrictive food safety regulations on Oct. 8. State media also reported that six people had been arrested in Inner Mongolia on suspicion of mixing melamine powder with milk products.

Read more: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/10/24/world/asia/24briefs-ADDITIVESDRA_BRF.html?ref=world