Tainted Milk Brings Down Head AQSIQ
09-22 18:42 Caijing Magazine
Li Changjiang, head of the agency in chage of food safety, has offered his resignation over the recent milk scandal.
By staff reporter Zhu Tao
Head of State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), Li Changjiang, has resigned in connection to the tainted milk scandal that has become the newest black mark on China's ignominious food safety record.
Li, 64, is a minister level official and the highest to accept responsibility for the contaminated milk. He is succeeded by Wang Yong, the deputy secretary general of the State Council.
Caijing learned that AQSIQ had an internal meeting September 22 in which Li offered his resignation.
So far 14471 infants have been hospitalized and four have died from drinking milk-based baby formula that contained melamine, a chemical that causes kidney stones in humans.
The public has questioned why AQSIQ failed to discover the seemingly ubiquitous, tainted milk products earlier. The "inspection-free" status that AQSIQ had granted to certain companies including several dairy producers is also under tight scrutiny. Although producers Sanlu, Yili, and Mengniu all hold this inspection free status, their products were all found to contain melamine during tests this month. Exempted statuses were suspended last week.
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