The children were hospitalized and doctors believe the poisoning occurred from the soybean milk not being properly boiled.
Many instances of food poisonings have occurred in China. It has been found that manufacturers have mislabeled foods and also added illegal substances to them. In addition, cooks have been found to ignore proper hygiene regulations.
The struggle within China to stop these incidences of group poisonings from occurring seems to be mounting. These problems with food safety issues have now become commonplace in China.
The private school official and the cooks at the kindergarten have been detained by police in China, according to the local news agency.
In addition, U.S. federal officials stated that the pet food contaminations from melamine that were pinpointed back to China causing the severe illness and deaths of many pets in the U.S. may have been intentional, according to a consumer affairs report. It is believed that the intention was to make the protein content appear higher.
