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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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