Playing by new rules - the milk powder scandal leads to more food inspections and throws the domestic dairy industry into an uproar (journal article)
by Yuan Yuan
from Beijing Review, October 2008, pp 16-17
The scandal illuminated existing problems in China's dairy industry and food safety system. Milk farmers sell their product at a relatively low price to milk providers, who then sell it to milk companies at a higher price. To boost their profits, some milk providers diluted the milk with water and added melamine, which made the milk appear rich in protein in order to pass nutrition tests.