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China asks three local milk producers to recall infant formula

China’s food safety watchdog has asked three milk producers in central Shanxi province to recall substandard infant formula milk powder and urged local authorities to punish the firms severely if they have broken the law.

Tainted milk is a sensitive topic in China after a 2008 health scare involving milk contaminated by melamine, which killed at least six children and caused thousands to fall ill.

China Food and Drug Administration said on its website on Tuesday that excessive nitrate was found in five batches of milk powder products made by Shaanxi Guanshan Dairy Co Ltd and tested earlier this year.