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Whoever inserted the idea we would soon be self-sufficient in rice into President Aquino’s head should now be called to account.

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The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore has suspended with immediate effect the import of milk and milk products, fruits and vegetables, seafood and meat from Japan's radiation-affected prefectures, local media reported Thursday.
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BEIJING (AP) - China's tainted milk crisis widened yesterday after tests found the industrial chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies, the quality watchdog said. Singapore suspended the sale and import of all Chinese milk and dairy products because several tested items were contaminated.

The chief financial officer of one of the companies, Mengniu, sipped from a carton of milk at a news conference and said that only a small portion of the company's inventory had been affected.

Tainted baby formula has been blamed for killing four infants and sickening 6,200 in China since the scandal broke last week. Some 1,300 babies, mostly newborns, are currently in hospitals and 158 of them are suffering from acute kidney failure. Thousands of parents across the country were bringing their children to hospitals for health checks.

The crisis was initially thought to have been confined to tainted milk powder. But about 10 percent of liquid milk samples taken from Mengniu Dairy Group Co. and Yili Industrial Group Co. — China's two largest dairy producers — contained melamine, according to the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine. Milk from Shanghai-based Bright Dairy also showed contamination.

Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority said tests revealed traces of melamine in samples of a Yili-brand yogurt bar and Dutch Lady-brand strawberry milk manufactured in China. Authorities said they plan to destroy all samples of these two products in Singapore. Officials also warned local food manufacturers against using milk products from China as ingredients.

Hong Kong's two biggest grocery chains, PARKnSHOP and Wellcome, pulled all liquid milk by Mengniu from shelves yesterday. A day earlier, Hong Kong had recalled milk, yogurt, ice cream and other products made by Yili Industrial Group Co.
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Sufficiency

By FIRST PERSON | By Alex Magno | October 30, 2015 - 10:00am

Whoever inserted the idea we would soon be self-sufficient in rice into President Aquino’s head should now be called to account.

Opinion

Singapore finds radiation in some food from Japan

March 25, 2011 - 12:18pm

Singapore has detected radioactive contamination in vegetables grown near Japan's tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant.

Singapore halts food imports from Japan's radiation-affected areas

March 24, 2011 - 10:12am

The Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) of Singapore has suspended with immediate effect the import of milk and milk products, fruits and vegetables, seafood and meat from Japan's radiation-affected prefectures,...

GLOBAL NEWS: Singapore finds five more tainted Chinese foods

September 25, 2008 - 1:19am

SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore has found traces of a toxic chemical in five more Chinese-made food products, ...

GLOBAL NEWS: Singapore says third Chinese product contaminated

September 22, 2008 - 5:13am

SINGAPORE (AP) - Singapore has found traces of a toxic chemical in a third Chinese-made dairy product ...

GLOBAL NEWS: Tests find chemical also in liquid milk in China

September 20, 2008 - 3:16am

BEIJING (AP) - China's tainted milk crisis widened yesterday after tests found the industrial chemical melamine in liquid milk produced by three of the country's leading dairy companies, the quality watchdog said....