Mr. Zhi also serves as director of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, which oversees product quality.

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The recent cases prompted China to announce temperature checks on people traveling back from Cambodia, according to the country's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

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An official surnamed Xia said the General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine had heard about the recall but could not comment because they were investigating the case.

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Inspection and Quarantine, one of China's product safety watchdogs.

NPR: Big Bird, Elmo Hit in Latest 'Made in China' Recall

The Chinese State Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine said the amount of the chemical found in the milk would not cause ill effects in adults who drank less than two liters a day.

CNN: Almost 13,000 Chinese children sickened by tainted milk

Li Yuanping, spokesman for the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the industry watchdog, said at a news conference in Beijing on Saturday that 643 dairy producers, 55 percent of 1, 176 nationally registered, passed the AQSIQ inspection, China Daily reported.

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Citing comments from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ), Beijing News says the Meiji stocks on sale in China through official retail channels were imported from the firm's Australian factories, while China's ban on baby milk made in Japan is still in place.

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