Recently, another incident of fake milk powder broke out in mainland China. Mr. Huang of Chongqing, whose three-and-a-half-year-old daughter is intellectually disabled to the second degree due to the use of solid drinks posing as special medical milk powder by Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Co Ltd (renamed Qingdao Deneng Food Co Ltd after the incident), was interviewed by a reporter.
Mr. Huang revealed, “In late September 2017, my daughter was born for more than ten days and started drinking this fake milk powder, when the doctor recommended drinking deeply hydrolyzed milk powder because the child was suffering from pneumonia and also congenital heart disease. I went to buy milk powder on the day my child was discharged from the hospital, and the hospital store referred me to buy Jin Dayang Belcon Super Amino Acid Formula, saying that it was better than the deeply hydrolyzed milk powder. The small ticket for the purchase also said ‘milk powder’ on it, and the initial package didn’t say ‘solid drink’ on it, but now it does and it’s still on sale.”
“Doctors have also seen this milk powder, and did not say anything, did not raise questions.” It is understood that solid drinks are ordinary food, can not provide nutritional support for people with special medical conditions, can not be labeled for the population, and do not need to be used under the guidance of doctors and clinical nutritionists.
Mr. Huang said, “the child in the process of drinking this milk powder, there is a period of time often row ‘tofu crumb’ like large. late September 2017 to May 2019, eaten a year and eight months. The child was pediatrician at Chongqing Children’s Hospital in April 2019, and the assessment said ‘overall developmental delay’ and told us to do rehabilitation. At that time, we did not know that there was a problem with the milk powder the child was drinking.”
False advertising by Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Company misleads consumers by selling solid drinks as special medical milk powder. (Courtesy of the interviewee)
False advertisement of Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Company. (Courtesy of the interviewee)
“Because my child suffers from congenital heart disease, I was in a group of parents of children with congenital heart disease (WeChat group), and in May 2020, some parents inside the group spoke about a solid drink posing as milk powder, and I checked, only to find out that my child was drinking the same solid drink that went wrong!” He said.
The website of Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Co., Ltd. is still advertising the sale of this solid drink, and the product packaging is similar to that of infant milk powder, which is difficult to distinguish for a while. Mr. Huang said, “I have never thought about the problem of milk powder, because Jin Dayang this milk powder is very expensive, 360 grams sold for 358 yuan, so there has been no suspicion of milk powder problems. The actual fact is that you can find a lot of people who are not able to get a good deal on a lot of things.
Mr. Huang purchased the small ticket marked with the name of milk powder rather than solid drinks. (Provided by the interviewee)
The reporter found that many online searches are consulting “how about Jin Dayang Dairy Tenergy Shukang milk powder for premature babies”, it is clear that many parents take Jin Dayang Dairy Tenergy Shukang solid drink as milk powder. The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public. There are other children who have had problems after drinking it, but like me, simply did not realize that it was because of the problem with the milk powder.”
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of products and services to the public. The child’s life is ruined. The child’s life will be ruined, and the adults will also suffer.”
Mr. Huang’s daughter’s disability certificate in Chongqing. Lifelong disability caused by drinking milk powder pretending to be a solid drink. (Courtesy of the interviewee)
On March 27, 2021, Mr. Huang took Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Co. and its distributor to court for 1.56 million yuan. He revealed, “He went to the local public security authorities in Chongqing in July 2020 to report the case, and only now has all the filing been completed. Sued Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Company, the physical store that sells and the merchant that sells online. Yesterday, Jindayang company also called and asked me what I thought. I said, ‘If mediation is needed, let’s talk after several of us sit together.’ I am very angry, and I hope the government can crack down on this kind of thing.”
The uncharismatic Mr. Huang said helplessly, “Life is certainly very difficult, the child needs 24-hour care, I have no way to work, divorced a person with children, do not want to talk about it, the heart is very sad.”
As early as May 2019, the land media reported the incident of solid drinks posing as special medical milk powder sneaking into hospital stores, exposing that the “formula powder” with certain functional properties produced by Ningbo Special One Food Co. and Qingdao Jin Dayang Dairy Co. were actually solid drinks, neither of which had obtained the registration qualification of special medical food.
After it was revealed in May 2019 that solid drinks were used to pass off as special medical milk powder, the announcement issued by Jin Dayang Company made no mention of the issue of special medical qualification. (Web screenshot)
After the problem emerged, Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Co. also issued an announcement saying that under the guidance of party committees and governments at all levels and the Market Supervision Administration, the production of the product was found to be compliant and legal.
In May 2020, Chenzhou, Hunan Province broke the story of Villeroy & Boch Health Industry Company, which sold solid drinks to parents under the guise of special medical milk powder, resulting in deformities in children’s skulls.
Like Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Co., Villeroy & Boch claimed that the product passed quality control.
Screenshot of the official website of Qingdao Jindayang Dairy Co., Ltd. on April 3, 2021. After the incident, it changed its name to Qingdao Denen Food Co. and continued to issue new products for sale. (Web screenshot)
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