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37 arrested in China vaccine scandal
Police in east China's Shandong Province arrested 37 individuals on Tuesday who are suspected of participation in a national medical drug ring. A mother/daughter duo are suspected of buying and selling more than USD $88 million worth of vaccines sin (More) |
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China courts convict 14 connected to fatal factory blast
Chinese courts convicted 14 government officials and company executives on Wednesday due to their involvement in a 2014 factory explosion that killed 146 workers because of inappropriately stored chemicals. The sentences , for the crime of causing a (More) |
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China: owners of Tianjin explosion site used influence to avoid regulations
Tianjin Mayor Huang Xingguo said Wednesday that the owners of the hazmat facility that exploded in the city last week used their political connections get the facility built despite violating a great deal of safety rules. One rule barred storage of (More) |
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China opens investigation into Tianjin explosion
China's Supreme People's Protectorate announced Sunday that it has opened an investigation into the causes of an August 12 explosion in Tianjin. The government has also ordered nationwide inspections of facilities that hold the types of chemicals i (More) |
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China to issue harsher penalties, including death, for food safety violations
China's Supreme People's Court (SPC) issued a directive Friday instituting new harsher penalties under the criminal law for violations of food safety crimes. The penalties raise the prison sentences and eliminate the caps on fines and raises penal (More) |
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China court convicts tainted milk scandal activist
The Daxing District People's Court of China on Wednesday convicted Zhao Lianhai for disturbing the social order during the tainted-milk scandal, sentencing him to two-and-a-half years in prison. In 2008, melamine-tainted milk from China was blamed (More) |
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Seven arrested in China for melamine-tainted powdered milk
Police in China's Shanxi province in arrested seven individuals , including the executive of a dairy company, after that company's powdered milk was found to contain melamine, according to Monday reports. In 2008, melamine-tainted milk from China w (More) |
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China police arrest 3 for involvement in tainted milk scandal
A Chinese police official said Wednesday that three people have been arrested for their involvement in the 2008 melamine-tainted milk scandal . The general manager of Lekang Dairy Co., Zhang Wenxue, as well as vice general manager Zhu Shuming and m (More) |
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China police formally arrest tainted milk scandal activist
Beijing police issued a formal arrest warrant Monday for a man who organized a website for parents whose children became ill from drinking tainted milk last year. Zhao Lianhai has been charged with picking quarrels and provoking trouble. Zhao' (More) |
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China court hears first tainted milk civil lawsuit
A Beijing court on Friday began hearing the first civil lawsuit by a family of an infant sickened during last year's melamine-tainted milk scandal . Ma Xuexin brought suit against the bankrupt dairy company Sanlu and a Beijing supermarket that s (More) |
Sewing machine patented
On September 10, 1846, United States patent number 3640 was awarded to Elias Howe for his sewing machine. In 1854, Howe brought legal action against Isaac Singer, because he alleged Singer's machine infringed upon the patent. Howe won the case and was awarded royalties from the Singer sewing machines.
Learn more about Elias Howe from the University of Rochester.
