Twenty-six tons of melamine-tainted milk powder was found in Chongqing three years after the Sanlu milk scandal that shocked both the nation and the world, people.com.cn reported on Tuesday.
Five suspects were arrested and three of them placed in criminal detention, municipal police said on Tuesday. Police had got a tip on March 25 that Chongqing Jixida Food Company was planning to use melamine-tainted milk powder to produce pastry and ice cream.
They found 16 tons in the company warehouse. Initial investigation showed Jixida had bought it from a trading company in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region for 22,000 yuan ($3,370) a ton, much lower than normal market prices.
The product could be traced to the Weilisi Dairy Company of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.
The 2008 scandal exposed the widespread practice of adding melamine – a chemical normally used in plastics and fertilizer – to watered-down milk to boost the product's protein read.
Melamine can cause kidney stones and kidney failure. It left at least six infants dead and sickened an estimated 300,000 people.
The government ordered a massive recall following the scandal but toxic milk products have continued to be uncovered.
Chongqing police announced on Tuesday that they would launch a 100-day campaign against food and pharmaceutical crimes.
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