The Sanlu Trial: Diary of a Dairy Disaster
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senior government officials, including local officials as well as the director of the nation’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), Li Changjiang, and Wu Xianguo, party secretary of Sanlu’s hometown Shijiangzhuang
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complaints about the baby formula as far back as late 2007
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The investigation moved slowly
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Sanlu managers dragged their feet
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Tian and Wang held a meeting where they decided to continue selling products with melamine levels below 10 micrograms per kilogram
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goal was to gradually withdraw tainted products
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the company had already sold 69 batches of tainted baby formula, weighing more than 813 tons, between August 2 and September 12
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buy several other companies in the Shijiazhuang area in 1995
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1.6 billion yuan in assets and 395 million yuan in liabilities at the end of 2007, helping the company maintain a healthy asset-liability ratio of around 30 percent
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milk station workers for buying melamine powder
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Dairy farmers were caught in the criminal web
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production and sale of a melamine mixture
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On September 22, the State Council labeled the milk crisis “a serious food safety accident.” And AQSIQ’s Li resigned amid public furor. Wu Xianguo, party secretary of Shijiazhuang , was sacked for delayed reporting of the tainted milk
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The State Council teams also concluded that Sanlu and the Shijiazhuang government tried to cover up the contamination and delayed reporting to higher authorities, violating regulations
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government officials opposed the recall idea and suggested pacifying victims by paying compensation while keeping the issue secret
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