China's Infants Bear the Brunt of Food Insecurity

(19 Sept 08 - RV) China’s poison milk crisis broadened today, with the European Union calling for an explanation of a Chinese dairy scandal that has made thousands of infants ill.

 At the latest count, 6,244 children have become ill. Four have died and 158 are suffering "acute kidney failure", while as much as 10 percent of one producer’s milk tested positive for the substance melamine, which is banned in food.

A Pontifical Missionary priest and Director of the Asia News service, Fr. Bernardo Cervellera says, food insecurity is a widespread problem in China: