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Coke Defends Product as Dairy Safety Issues Resurface

A ten-year-old boy in north-eastern China died on Tuesday of apparent pesticide poisoning from a tainted bottle of strawberry yoghurt drink, bringing renewed attention to the country’s persistent problems with dairy safety. China Daily published an account of the incident from the boy’s father, Chu Shiwei:He recalled that his wife, surnamed Liu, returned to the family home in Changchun,