BEIJING, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - China's government announced Thursday 300 million yuan (43.9 million dollars) in subsidies for the nation's beleaguered dairy farmers who are suffering through a tainted milk scandal.

BEIJING, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - China published Thursday a new number of children hospitalised after drinking tainted milk, more than tripling the official figure to nearly 47,000.

BEIJING, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - Three people have died in southwestern China after receiving a herbal injection, the government said, in the latest incident underlining the safety risks of Chinese-made products.

TUOWEIZIRAN, China, Oct 9, 2008 (AFP) - Trying to eke out a living in a remote village in north China, He Fugong thought he had hit the jackpot when he bought three dairy cows six years ago.

BEIJING, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - China announced Wednesday limits for how much melamine its dairy products can contain, seeking to curb the use of the chemical which has killed four children and sickened 53,000.

BEIJING, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - China insisted Wednesday it was being open about the impact of milk tainted with the toxic chemical melamine, but declined to make public the latest data on how many children had fallen ill.

SHELAWUSU, China, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - In a muddy village in northern China, farmers say authorities have upped safety measures in the wake of a scandal over tainted milk -- even if inspectors deployed by the government were nowhere to be seen.

'It's really stringent now,' said Ren Lianzhi, who works at a milk station in Shelawusu, part of one of China's main dairy regions.

BUDAPEST, Oct 8, 2008 (AFP) - Chinese peanut snacks containing the industrial chemical melamine have been found in Hungary, veterinary authorities announced Wednesday.

'The Chinese cheese-coated peanut snack, which has an excess melamine content, is unfortunately already in the shops,' Lajos Bognar, a top veterinary officer at the agriculture ministry told AFP.

HOHHOT, China, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - China on Tuesday declined to release updated figures revealing how many children have been affected by the tainted milk scandal, as it attempted to boost confidence in its food safety standards.

HONG KONG, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Emily Zheng, a Chinese soon-to-be grandmother, grabbed as many tins of Japanese-made infant milk powder from the shelves as the Hong Kong store would allow her.

SHANGHAI, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - China's milk crisis will likely cost billions of dollars, disrupt millions of livelihoods, and it could be a year before consumer confidence in dairy companies is restored, experts say.

DAKAR, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Liberia and Senegal have become the latest African countries to ban Chinese milk products following the tainted milk scandal that left tens of thousands of children ill in the Asian country.

BRASILIA, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - Brazil on Tuesday banned food imports from China because of worries from the tainted milk scandal in that country, the national food safety agency Anvisa said.

The measure, targeting products containing lactose or milk, also prohibits the sale of such Chinese-origin items across Brazil.

HOHHOT, China, Oct 7, 2008 (AFP) - China on Tuesday declined to release updated figures revealing how many children have been affected by the tainted milk scandal, as it attempted to boost confidence in its food safety standards.

BEIJING, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - China has ordered more than 5,000 inspectors to be posted at its dairy factories, state media said Monday, as the tainted milk scandal continued to impact countries as far away as South America.

BEIJING, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - China has deployed more than 5,000 inspectors to its dairy factories to improve food safety, state media reported Monday, as authorities said more children had been sickened by contaminated milk.

BEIJING, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - China has deployed more than 5,000 inspectors to its dairy factories to improve food safety, state media reported Monday, as authorities said more children had been sickened by contaminated milk.

BEIJING, Oct 6, 2008 (AFP) - China on Monday vowed to clean up its scandal-plagued dairy industry, admitting a grave lack of supervision as authorities said more children had been sickened by tainted milk products.

BEIJING, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - China struggled Sunday to contain the fall-out from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey of dairy products that found no melamine and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.

HONG KONG, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - Hong Kong's food safety watchdog said Sunday that two China-made chocolate products sold here by British sweetmaker Cadbury contained dangerous levels of melamine.

BEIJING, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - China struggled Sunday to contain the fall-out from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey of dairy products that found no melamine and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.

SHANGHAI, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - China's creamy White Rabbit sweets survived Japan's World War II occupation and the Communist Revolution, but the tainted milk crisis has cast doubt on the future of the well-known brand.

GEORGETOWN, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) - Guyana on Saturday became the second Caribbean Community (Caricom) member, after Surinam, to pull Chinese dairy products off the market, amid a world-wide alert on Chinese milk tainted with melamine.

BEIJING, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - China attempted Sunday to contain the fallout from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey of dairy products showed no traces of melamine and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.

SEOUL, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - South Korea has declared a rising volume of Chinese imported kimchi, or spicy fermented cabbage, to be inedible due to banned or harmful additives found in it, officials said Sunday.

YANGON, Oct 5, 2008 (AFP) - Myanmar authorities have urged people not to use Chinese milk and dairy products in the wake of the contamination scandal, state media reported Sunday.

TOKYO, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) - A Japanese importer on Saturday began recalling Chinese chocolates suspected of being contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine in the latest scare over China's widening toxic milk scandal.

SEOUL, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) - Multinationals Mars and Nestle have been told to pull three products from South Korean shelves over the China milk scandal which has sickened thousands of babies, the nation's food watchdog said Saturday.

SEOUL, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) - South Korea, Australia and Japan Saturday pulled melamine-contaminated sweets and drinks from supermarket shelves amid a widening scandal over Chinese milk products tainted with the toxic chemical.

BEIJING, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) - As the tainted milk scandal deepens in China, many countries have decided to suspend imports of Chinese milk products or to withdraw them from their market.

WASHINGTON, Oct 4, 2008 (AFP) - The nine major US airlines are increasingly using outside contractors to perform maintenance work, making the Federal Aviation Authority's (FAA) oversight duties more difficult, a government report said this week.

MANILA, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) - Two China-made milk products sold in the Philippines have tested positive for melamine, health officials said Friday, ordering that they be removed from store shelves immediately.

MONTEVIDEO, Oct 2, 2008 (AFP) - Uruguay's public health ministry Thursday banned all dairy imports from China, including baby formula, amid a world-wide alert on Chinese milk tainted with melamine that has sickened thousands of children.

HANOI, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) - Vietnam's food safety watchdog said Friday it had found the industrial chemical melamine in 18 milk and dairy products imported from China as well as Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia.

THE HAGUE, Oct 3, 2008 (AFP) - Two brands of Chinese biscuits and candies have been withdrawn from shop shelves in the Netherlands after they were found to be tainted with the industrial chemical melamine, Dutch authorities said Friday.