Critics have claimed the problem had been known of for weeks, but had been hushed up because China did not want bad publicity during the Olympics.Yup... that'll do it.
Shoddy and fake goods are common in China, and infants, hospital patients and others have been killed or injured by tainted or fake milk, medicines, liquor and other products.
(h/t reader rich)
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