Vietnam finds tainted products from China

October 3, 2008 By VU TIEN HONG , Associated Press Writer Vietnam finds tainted products from China (AP)

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Philippine Health Secretary Francisco Duque III, center, inspects bags of imported powdered milk which were seized in a raid at an unlicensed warehouse Friday Oct. 3, 2008 at Manila's Quezon city, Philippines. Authorities raided the warehouse and seized thousands of bags of imported powdered milk for testing for possible Melamine content. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)

(AP) -- Vietnam's health ministry has discovered the industrial chemical melamine in 18 food products imported from China and three other countries and has ordered them recalled and destroyed, officials said Friday.



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