http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China_to_overhaul_battered_dairy_industry_%0A____%28AP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_bi_ge/as_china_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081119/capt.42054a1c45564cd4a7aa3d86a4ce378a.china_tainted_foods_xed102.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=ZDkymJ_fYRxijIvW.srLbQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks at the opening for the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened a new office Wednesday in China's capital, its first outside the United States, as part of a new global strategy to ensure the safety of trillions of dollars of imports.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)" border="0" /></a>AP - China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step — from cow breeding to milk sales — saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major problems" in quality control.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China_to_overhaul_battered_dairy_industry_%0A____%28AP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081119/capt.42054a1c45564cd4a7aa3d86a4ce378a.china_tainted_foods_xed102.jpg?x=130&y=91&q=85&sig=ZDkymJ_fYRxijIvW.srLbQ--" align="left" height="91" width="130" alt="U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt speaks at the opening for the new U.S. Food and Drug Administration office in Beijing , China, Wednesday, Nov. 19, 2008. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration opened a new office Wednesday in China's capital, its first outside the United States, as part of a new global strategy to ensure the safety of trillions of dollars of imports.(AP Photo/ Elizabeth Dalziel)" border="0" /></a>AP - China announced a complete overhaul of its dairy industry Thursday to improve safety at every step — from cow breeding to milk sales — saying its worst food quality scandal in years had revealed "major problems" in quality control.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China_vows_overhaul_of_%22chaotic%22_milk_industry_%0A____%28AP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_re_as/as_asia_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081006/capt.7e9c34e83d784eca8b1823a6ca144067.china_tainted_milk_bej802.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=DOU2TSSgnwWscSLjuVCB9g--" align="left" height="86" width="130" alt="Chinese laboratory technicians test samples of Chinese milk products at a laboratory in Mengniu Dairy production base in Beijing, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2008. China's food safety watchdog said Sunday no traces of the industrial chemical melamine were found in new tests of milk powder sold domestically, as officials sought to restore public trust in milk supplies. (AP Photo/EyePress)" border="0" /></a>AP - China's Cabinet vowed a complete overhaul of the scandal-ridden dairy industry Monday, pledging to inspect every link from the farm to the dinner table to try to restore public trust in Chinese-made food products.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Battered_financial_industry_faces_more_oversight_%0A____%28AP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081005/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown_regulation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081004/capt.f5e7ebb23a884ea9a771b561772ac765.aptopix_bush_financial_meltdown_whcd117.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=orLkdyj4KCniBxVwRXjgcg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="President Bush shakes hands with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at the Treasury Department in Washington after the House passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. With the economy on the brink of meltdown and elections looming, a reluctant Congress abruptly reversed course and approved a historic $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday. President Bush swiftly signed it. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the passage of the $700 billion rescue package, the financial industry will face greater congressional scrutiny in coming weeks and months.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Battered_financial_industry_faces_more_oversight_%0A____%28AP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081006/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown_regulation"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081004/capt.f5e7ebb23a884ea9a771b561772ac765.aptopix_bush_financial_meltdown_whcd117.jpg?x=130&y=78&q=85&sig=orLkdyj4KCniBxVwRXjgcg--" align="left" height="78" width="130" alt="President Bush shakes hands with Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson at the Treasury Department in Washington after the House passed the $700 billion financial bailout bill, Friday, Oct. 3, 2008. With the economy on the brink of meltdown and elections looming, a reluctant Congress abruptly reversed course and approved a historic $700 billion government bailout of the battered financial industry on Friday. President Bush swiftly signed it. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)" border="0" /></a>AP - With the passage of the $700 billion rescue package, the financial industry will face greater congressional scrutiny in coming weeks and months.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/Battered_by_Industry_Slump%2C_GM_and_Chrysler_Hold_Merger_Talks.html General Motors and Chrysler, bruised by the severe industry downturn, have held preliminary discussions about combining operations, including a full-scale merger, according to people familiar with the talks. It was unclear over the weekend whether the discussions were progressing and what, if any... http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China_dairy_%27asked_for_cover-up%27.html The company at the centre of China's tainted milk scandal asked for help to cover up the problem, the official People's Daily says. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China%26%23x2019%3Bs_Dairy_Farmers_Say_They_Are_Victims.html In China’s widening milk scandal, dairy farmers say that the real culprits are dairy companies and the milking stations that they operate. http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China_dairy_manager_on_trial_for_milk_scandal_%0A____%28AP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081231/ap_on_re_as/as_china_tainted_milk"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20081230/capt.5d1ec53613164b1da5857f6a6014869a.china_tainted_milk_xin102.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=UJbcmXpK_AKQylttvNmf7A--" align="left" height="89" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, Geng Jinping, left front, manager of a milk production base and Geng Jinzhu, right front, a driver at the base, stand trial at the Shijiazhuang Intermediate People's Court in Shijiazhuang, capital of north China's Hebei Province, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. The two suspects, brothers Geng Jinping and Geng Jinzhu, went on trial on Tuesday on the toxic food charge, according to state broadcaster CCTV. The two, arrested in September soon after the scandal broke, are accused of adding 957 pounds (434 kilograms) of melamine-based additive to 1,000 tons (900,000 kilograms) of raw milk that they then sold to major diaries, including Sanlu, CCTV said. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Ding Lixin)" border="0" /></a>AP - The former chairwoman of the dairy company at the heart of China's tainted milk scandal went on trial Wednesday on charges of selling fake or substandard products, the official Xinhua News Agency reported.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100 http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/China_blames_dairy_farms_for_tainted_baby_formula_%0A____%28AP%29.html <p><a href="http://us.rd.yahoo.com/dailynews/rss/topstories/*http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080912/ap_on_re_as/china_baby_formula_recall"><img src="http://d.yimg.com/us.yimg.com/p/ap/20080912/capt.863739ab923a4e1ba12cd2193aeec703.china_tainted_formula_xin101.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=Fs1xqHlkM3tXJv.FmyEQSw--" align="left" height="82" width="130" alt="In this photo released by China's Xihua News Agency, two babies with kidney stones receive medical treatment under the care of their fathers at a military hospital in Lanzhou, capital of northwest China's Gansu Province Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008. So far this year, Gansu Provincial Health Department has seen 59 kidney stone cases in infants, and at least one baby died as a result of kidney stones. (AP Photo/Xinhua, Zhu Guoliang)" border="0" /></a>AP - Investigators believe dairy farmers added a dangerous chemical to milk that has been linked to kidney stones in dozens of babies and one death in China's latest product safety scandal.</p><br clear="all"/> http://www.jouwnieuws.nl/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 12:55:48 +0100