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| China has executed two people for their role in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, officials have said. | China has executed two people for their role in a scandal involving tainted milk powder that resulted in six children dying, officials have said. |
| More than 300,000 other infants were made ill from milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical. | More than 300,000 other infants were made ill from milk powder contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical. |
| Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping were the only people to have been executed over the scandal, court officials said. | Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping were the only people to have been executed over the scandal, court officials said. |
| Nineteen other people were sentenced to prison terms for their roles in the scandal. | Nineteen other people were sentenced to prison terms for their roles in the scandal. |
| Zhang Yujun was convicted of producing and selling more than 770 tonnes of the tainted milk powder from July 2007 to August 2008, the official Xinhua news agency said. | |
| Geng Jinping, who managed a milk production centre, was convicted of supplying milk containing melamine to dairies. | |
| Melamine is used in the making of plastics and fertilisers. It gives an apparent high protein level when added to food products but can cause kidney stones and kidney failure. |