A cancer-causing toxin has been found in baby formula in China, the latest quality problem to hit the dairy industry since a 2008 poison scandal that killed six infants.

Global food and dairy companies are making another round of big bets on China’s fast growing dairy sector, seeking to position themselves as safe alternatives after a lethal baby formula scandal burned the industry four years ago.

CHINA’s rapid progress towards dairy processing self-sufficiency could have game-changing implications for the long-term export ambitions of countries such as Ireland, according to a study by Davy Stockbrokers.

NO Irish company has made it into the global dairy top-20 ranking compiled by Rabobank Group.

CHINA is struggling to contain the fallout from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a survey of melamine-free dairy products and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.

China’s poisoned powdered milk scandal widened today after liquid milk from three of the country’s leading dairies was found to be contaminated.

Thousands of anxious Chinese parents queued at hospitals today for health checks on their babies as a spreading scandal involving contaminated milk powder claimed a fourth victim.

China's health minister said today tainted milk formula had killed three babies and made 6,200 ill in a spreading scandal that prompted three additional companies - including the country's biggest dairy - to recall products.