Two men were executed today for their part in China’s poisoned milk powder scandal which killed at least six children and made more than 300,000 ill.

A Chinese court condemned two men to death today and handed a life term to a former dairy boss in the first sentences for those involved in the country’s contaminated milk scandal.

THE chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company went on trial yesterday over a tainted milk scandal that has killed at least six children and made thousands ill.

The former chairwoman of the dairy company at the heart of China’s tainted milk scandal went on trial today on charges of selling fake or substandard products.

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.