Milk firms say sorry via SMS

A text message purporting to be from the dairy firms at the heart of China’s tainted milk scandal and widely circulated apologized for the damaged wreaked on the nation’s babies, reports The Times.

"We express deep sorrow, sincerely apologise, beg for forgiveness for the damage inflicted on children and society by the tainted milk powder," it said. "(We) are determined to use this as a warning to put an end to substandard products."

The message, received by several AFP reporters, claimed to be from 22 Chinese companies found to have sold the tainted milk, including Sanlu, whose former boss was put on trial Wednesday.

China’s milk scandal came to light in September and has had nationwide repercussions with at least six children dying and nearly 300,000 suffering from kidney and urinary problems after they drank milk tainted with melamine.

emily | 5:08 PM | SMS and Politics |
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