A CHINESE dairy farmer has been
sentenced to death for lacing her rival's milk supply with industrial
salt, causing the deaths of three young children, state media report.
China has been plagued by a slew of food safety scandals.
The government cracked down after the industrial chemical melamine was added to milk products to appear to bolster the protein content.
That 2008 scandal had nationwide reach and left six children dead and sickened 300,000.
But the latest case was isolated.
A local court in Pingliang city in far western China's Gansu province found Ma Xiuling guilty of deliberately adding nitrite to the milk of a dairy farming couple in revenge for some business disputes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Earlier reports said a month-old baby and two children younger than two died. Xinhua said 36 people were hospitalised. Read More
China has been plagued by a slew of food safety scandals.
The government cracked down after the industrial chemical melamine was added to milk products to appear to bolster the protein content.
That 2008 scandal had nationwide reach and left six children dead and sickened 300,000.
But the latest case was isolated.
A local court in Pingliang city in far western China's Gansu province found Ma Xiuling guilty of deliberately adding nitrite to the milk of a dairy farming couple in revenge for some business disputes, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.
Earlier reports said a month-old baby and two children younger than two died. Xinhua said 36 people were hospitalised. Read More
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