A federal court recently sent back to China various Chinese families’ product liability cases stemming from alleged melamine contamination of infant f
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China Melamine Suits to Proceed
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When one thinks of global mass tort issues, questions of actions by European citizens in U.S. courts or the spate of class actions in Canada may come …
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China To Set Up Food Safety Commission
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China will set soon up a central food safety commission, according to state-owned media last week. The new commission will be organized under the Stat…
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China Melamine Update
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Readers of MassTortDefense have been following the issues surrounding the dairy product contamination scandal in China, which we have posted on before…
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Study Released Of Low Level Melamine Effects In Children
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Low doses of melamine did not cause severe kidney problems in children exposed to the industrial chemical during the recent tainted milk scandal arisi…
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FDA Issues Import Alert For China Dairy Products
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The FDA continues to take action to attempt to limit the impact of the China milk scandal on U.S. consumers. As part of its ongoing strategy to addres…
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FDA Updates Plans For Foreign Offices
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The Food & Drug Administration (FDA) should be opening its new China office later in 2008. In the past couple years, as posted here at MassTortDef…
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FDA Releases Melamine Risk Assessment
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The FDA has issued the results of its interim safety and risk assessment of melamine and melamine-related compounds in food, including infant formula.
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China Dairy Product and Infant Formula Issues Grow
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Quality control investigators in China have announced they had found a dangerous protein substitute in dairy products produced by 20% of the Chinese c…
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