Milk in China poisons children with a supplement from...

The United States? Is this a convenient tit for tat just in time for the Olympics?: (my bold)

Beijing, China (AHN)-- The Chinese food safety watchdog in southern Guangdong seized 4,167 boxes of milk from a Zhuhai dairy company after 119 children fell ill after drinking the milk, local media reported on Saturday.

According to Xinhua News Agency, the provincial food safety agency also issued a public warning consumers in five cities, Zhuhai, Jiangmen, Foshan, Zhongshan and Guangzhou, against the risk of drinking 150-ml high-calcium milk, which was packed on March 26.

The manufacturer, Zhuhai Weiwei Daheng Dairy Company, has since recalled another 2,706 boxes.

Some 75 children began to vomit after drinking the milk Wednesday at day care centers in the cities of Zhuhai and Jiangmen, another 44 children were later reported sick after drinking the same products.

Authorities reported finding staphylococcus aureus intestinotoxin, which might lead to digestive infection, from samples collected from both the hospitals and the same products in stock.

After careful investigation, the company said it primarily ascertained a calcium material imported from the U.S. problematic and promised to compensate the families of the children.

Xinhua likewise noted that the government has ordered the dairy to company to stop all production lines for a thorough overhaul.

Hmmm. It does seem just a bit too ... but with the Bush administration's casual attitude towards product safety and toxic poisonings, it will be interesting to find out just exactly where the calcium material came from....