FDA suspects local use of melaminetainted milk powder

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has found that some manufacturers have used powdered milk imported from China as animal feed or to produce bakery products for human consumption. It suspects that this milk has been tainted by melamine, according to FDA SecretaryGeneral Dr Pipat Yingseri.

Rehab panel makes progress
The political violence has claimed three lives and injured 612 people over the past two months, according to a governmentappointed committee.

Wounded soldier in coma
Army Ranger Boonrit Khantee, one of four soldiers hospitalised following Wednesday's skirmish with Cambodian troops, is now in a coma, Public Health Minster Chalerm Yoobamrung said yesterday.

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Sexual violence on the rise in Thai society
Thai newspapers have reported nearly 7,000 rapes and more than 4,000 cases of sexual violence over the past decade, a recent study revealed yesterday.

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S&P cookies to be FDA tested
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is studying samples of raw materials and cookies collected from S&P's factory for melamine contamination after Swiss authorities found a high concentration of melamine in S&P milk cookies from Thailand.
Snippets from a day of chaos
Bangkok Senator Rosana Tositrakul's husband Santisuk Sophonsiri sneaked into the House yesterday when he saw People Power MPs walking towards his wife and abusing her after she protested about the injured demonstrators and called on the government to show responsibility by dissolving the House.
UN chief to call Thai PM over Sudan
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was due to telephone Prime Minister Somchai Wongsawat yesterday evening about dispatching troops to Sudan, said Foreign Minister Sompong Amornwiwat.
Floods have killed 18 so far
The death toll from heavy flooding throughout the country has risen to 18, health authorities said yesterday, while nearly 190,000 people have fallen sick.

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Environment

Parks to be environmentally friendly
The Natural Resources and Environment Ministry is planning to turn Khao Yai and Phang Nga national parks into environmentally friendly compounds within one month.

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Health&Science

Alcohol advertising laws flouted, say industry critics
The Alcohol Watch Network and its allies rallied in Samsen Road yesterday to draw attention to

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Education

Parents revise for college
More than 600 adults in their 40s were among 132,209 applicants for the GAT (General Aptitude Test) and PAT (Professional and Academic Aptitude Test) exams, a senior official said yesterday.

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Metro/Crimes

Porn mags hardly educational, study finds
More often than not, porn magazines promote the fantasy that men with a bigger appendage can have any woman, while the topic of safe sex is rarely even mentioned, a recent survey revealed yesterday.