China to shut nearly 50% of dairies after safety audit
source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12947213
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Nearly half of China's 1,176 dairies are being shut down after failing to obtain new licences, the country's quality inspection agency says.
It says that 533 dairy producers have been ordered to halt productions after a government safety audit.
The announcement comes as China tries to shore up its milk industry after a baby milk health scandal in 2008.
At least six babies died and another 300,000 were made ill by drinking infant formula tainted with melamine.
The industrial chemical was added to dairy products to make them seem high in protein.
'Severe punishment'
On Saturday, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (Aqsiq) said that 533 dairies had been ordered to cease operations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12947213
It says that 533 dairy producers have been ordered to halt productions after a government safety audit.
The announcement comes as China tries to shore up its milk industry after a baby milk health scandal in 2008.
At least six babies died and another 300,000 were made ill by drinking infant formula tainted with melamine.
The industrial chemical was added to dairy products to make them seem high in protein.
'Severe punishment'
On Saturday, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (Aqsiq) said that 533 dairies had been ordered to cease operations.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-pacific-12947213
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I wonder, if half the dairies in the United States were found to not measure up to full current standards, would they be closed until they did?
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