China: after melamine milk, it's now melamine eggs...

Three more Chinese brands of chicken's eggs have been found to contain high levels of the chemical melamine. 

Tests in Hong Kong first revealed dangerously high levels of the substance in eggs from a mainland supplier earlier this week. 

Officials were reportedly aware of the contamination a month earlier. 

The growing scandal follows the discovery of melamine in Chinese milk, which has killed four children, and triggered product recalls across Asia. 

Like the milk scandal before it, the contamination of China's egg supply appears to be far more widespread than first realised. 

And as before, it seems that local officials on the mainland attempted to cover up news of the contamination. More...

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