BEIJING — Despite orders from China’s central authorities to recall all milk produced before Sept. 14, banned milk from two of China’s biggest dairies was still being sold this week at a discount to students in the southern city of Guangzhou through stores and milk dealers.
The incidents call into question whether China’s central government can deliver on its promise to clean up the country’s dairy industry after contaminated infant formula sickened tens of thousands of children.
On Oct. 11, six government agencies issued an order that all dairy products dated from before Sept. 14 — regardless of brand — be pulled from stores for testing, according to China’s state-run Xinhua News Agency. That recall was made public on Tuesday, Oct. 14, and has been widely publicized on state television and via news agencies.
Guangzhou University students say that since the recall was ordered on Oct. 11, liquid milk from Mengniu Dairy Co. [...]
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