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Posted to the web 6 October 2008

Happy LazaroArusha

The Tanzania Food and Drugs Authority (TFDA) in the northern zone has embarked on a vigorous exercise to inspect wholesale shops supermarkets and other food outlets to see whether a deadly Chinese milk formula is in stock.

A baby milk formula produced in China and exported worldwide is reported to have killed several babies in China and at least six thousand are suffering from kidney stones which has led to acute kidney failure in many of the sick children.

GA_googleFillSlot("AllAfrica_Story_Inset"); As of Monday this week TFDA and health inspectors had checked 39 shops and supermarkets in Arusha, Kilimanjaro, Manyara and Tanga regions but despite the widespread fear that the contaminated milk could have already entered the country, no milk or its products were found in local outlets.

In an interview with the Arusha Times, the northern zone TFDA inspector, Juma Bukuku said so far it was not ...

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