fyi, this News story.

Jan Cornfoot
Breastfeeding Advocate

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25243994-401,00.html
A CHINESE court has officially accepted the first lawsuit seeking 
compensation for last year's tainted milk scandal. A district court in the 
northern city of Shijiazhuang said it would hear the suit filed against the 
Sanlu Group, the dairy firm at the centre of the poisoned milk controversy, 
Xinhua news agency said.
The lawsuit was filed by an unnamed parent of a child who was sickened by 
the milk, it said.

At least six infants died and nearly 300,000 were made sick last year by 
milk powder contaminated by the industrial chemical melamine, which was 
added to milk supplies to give the appearance of a higher protein content. 
The substance caused kidney stones and other urinary problems in the 
infants.

The suit follows months of delays in which lawyers for plaintiffs were 
warned not to sue over the scandal. The health crisis has embarrassed China 
internationally by exposing chronic holes in food-safety mechanisms. 
However, authorities signalled earlier this month they were ready to yield 
when a top official with China's highest court was quoted by state media 
saying the Government was preparing to accept cases.

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