China's two dairy giants Bright Dairy and Yili have released their financial reports for the third quarter of 2008 and, being affected by the melamine scandal, each of the companies made net losses of over CNY200 million in Q3.

According to a senior official of the Shijiazhuang government Sanlu Group, which had suspended production because of the melamine milk scandal, has resumed production.

At the 21st anniversary meeting of Hangzhou Wahaha Group, the group's president Zong Qinghou said that they had expressed their intention to acquire the Shijiazhuang-based dairy enterprise Sanlu Group.

Perfetti Van Melle, the Chinese manufacturer of Alpenliebe, has recalled three candy products following inconclusive test results.

In response to the milk scandal in China, the international coffee shop chain Starbucks has stopped selling all products that contain milk in its Chinese stores while launching new soymilk coffee products.

After baby milk food produced by Sanlu was found to be contaminated by melamine, China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine implemented special tests on baby milk powder products across China and has released its initial results.