3 toddlers, woman ill in Taiwan
Saturday, September 27, 2008
THREE Taiwanese toddlers and one woman have developed kidney stones after drinking tainted Chinese milk products, a hospital here said yesterday, in the island's first known cases.
All four victims had frequently visited China and the three children, all aged between two and three, drank Chinese milk formula, the National Yang-Ming University Hospital said.
"The hospital screened nine children who have been drinking milk suspected of containing melamine... and three are found to have kidney stones," it said in a statement, adding the mother of one of the children also has the condition.
News of the four victims emerged as the island's new health minister vowed to tighten controls on Chinese dairy products.
"We will use strict standards like the US and Europe to ensure food safety for the public," Yeh Ching-chuan told reporters.
Yeh is a public health expert best known for leading Taipei through the Sars crisis in 2003 as the capital's deputy mayor.
AFP
All four victims had frequently visited China and the three children, all aged between two and three, drank Chinese milk formula, the National Yang-Ming University Hospital said.
"The hospital screened nine children who have been drinking milk suspected of containing melamine... and three are found to have kidney stones," it said in a statement, adding the mother of one of the children also has the condition.
News of the four victims emerged as the island's new health minister vowed to tighten controls on Chinese dairy products.
"We will use strict standards like the US and Europe to ensure food safety for the public," Yeh Ching-chuan told reporters.
Yeh is a public health expert best known for leading Taipei through the Sars crisis in 2003 as the capital's deputy mayor.
AFP
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