"I feel sorry for them, but they are just scapegoats," said Liu Donglin, 28, who said his 21-month-old son had kidney stones after drinking tainted milk formula.
The tainted milk powder was traced to Lekang Dairy Company in Weinan, Shaanxi.
Concerning the problem, Liaoning Provincial Department of Public Health announced yesterday that any infant who had tainted milk powder would receive free medical examination.
Impounded food is buried, and tainted milk is diluted to acceptable levels of radioactivity and sold to consumers, she says.
In 2008, melamine-tainted milk powder killed at least six infants and sickened 300,000 children across the country, which led to consumers in China losing faith in the country's diary industry.
Another goal not stated by the government appears to be diverting attention away from scores of problems facing the country ranging from economic difficulties to the current tainted milk scandal.
Some parents say their children are still suffering horrendous effects from tainted milk.
Three Chinese dairy executives have been convicted and sent to prison for reselling tainted milk that sickened hundreds of thousands of children in 2008.
Here's a clue: this week a court in Hebei refused to accept a lawsuit by the families of children sickened and killed by the tainted milk.
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