China dairy sued over infant's toxic milk death

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN , Associated Press Writer, Medicine & Health / Other

In this July 3, 2007, file photo, a worker selects the daily product at the production line at Wahaha's factory in Hangzhou, China. Chinese beverage maker Wahaha Group is considering buying dairy assets from Sanlu Group, the milk maker at the heart of a scandal over milk tainted with an industrial chemical, reports said Monday October 13, 2008. Wahaha spokesman Shan Qining said he could not confirm the reports citing the company's chairman, Zong Qinghou, as saying he wants to buy a milk powder production line from Sanlu. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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(AP) -- The family of a baby whose death has been blamed on toxic milk filed suit against one of China's largest dairies Monday, while another dairy ensnared in the scandal said it was a victim of unscrupulous subcontractors.

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