news bulletin – answers

‘Cover-up bid’ in China milk row

questions

1. Who issued reports? the state media
2. When did the reports come? a day after the presidential visit to several agricultiral sites
3. What did the local authorities do? they ‘sat’ on a company report about the contamination for a month (didn’t release the information)
4. What must all food producers do? take more care
5. What was the response to this statement? too little too late
6. Who are being forced to recall goods made with Chinese dairy products? foreign firms
7. What is the ‘issue’ mentioned? company survival
8. What must companies ensure? that all products that reach the market are up to standard
9. Why was the industrial chemical added? to cheat the quality tests
10. What is used to measure protein content? nitrogen
11. Who have been fired over the cover-up? several local authority officials
12. How many babies died in the previous milk scandal in China? at least 13