China's Sanlu apologizes for milk powder contamination

　　石家庄三鹿集团股份有限公司副总裁张振岭，９月１５日下午在河北省政府召开的新闻发布会上宣读了致社会各界人士和广大消费者的一封公开信，向因食用三鹿婴幼儿配方奶粉导致的患儿及家属道歉。

　　China dairy giant Sanlu Group apologized to the public on Monday for its contaminated milkpowder which had sickened 1,253 babies with kidney stones, two fatally.金年会 金字招牌信誉至上

　　Zhang Zhenling, Sanlu's vice president, read a letter of apology at a news briefing on Monday afternoon here in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province, where the corporation is based.

　　"The serious safety accident of the Sanlu formula milk powder for infants has caused severe harm to many sickened babies and their families. We feel really sad about this," he said while reading the letter to reporters.

　　"Sanlu Group expresses its most sincere apology to you."

　　"We solemnly ｄｅｃｌａｒｅ we will recall all the infant milk powder produced prior to August 6," Zhang said. "And for those produced after that date, we will also make a recall if consumers have doubts and worries."

　　Sanlu's baby formula has been found to contain melamine, a chemical raw material believed to cause the condition after baby kidney stone cases were recently revealed in different places across the country.金年会 金字招牌信誉至上

　　According to the Ministry of Health, the two deaths in Gansu were a five-month-old boy who died on May 1 after his family refused further treatment and an eight-month-old girl whose family also refused an operation and removed her from hospital on July 22on which day she died. Both of the two were bred with the Sanlu formula and suffered kidney failure.

　　Among the more than 1,200 sick babies, 53 had "relatively serious symptoms," the ministry said at a news conference in Beijing on Monday.