Teach them a lesson

A recent survey by the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine found no melamine in off-the-shelf samples of liquid milk in the market. Results of a sampling of powder milk are soon to be published.

In a nationwide check on milk and cattle feed suppliers, hundreds of firms have been closed down. Three found guilty of producing fodder with melamine additives are under criminal investigation.

As 14 provinces take measures to help out innocent cattle raisers, the Ministry of Agriculture vows to ensure "100-percent overseeing" of milk suppliers, and to make rules on melamine residue in cattle fodders.