Chinese couple accused of deadly milk poisoning

BEIJING - A couple have been arrested in China accused of poisoning milk that killed three children and made 36 others ill, state media said, in a case that rekindled fears over Chinese food safety.

Investigators found that nitrite had been added to fresh milk from two dairies and police said that the incident was a case of intentional poisoning and had taken the man and woman into custody.

Nitrite is a chemical used to make dyes and to preserve meats. According to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nitrite poisoning can result in nausea, dizziness, respiratory distress, loss of consciousness and seizures.

The case is another black eye for China's scandal-prone food industry and its government regulators, who are still struggling to lay to rest a huge 2008 tainted-milk scandal that killed at least six babies and sickened 300,000.

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