200 Chinese students fall ill after drinking milk

BEIJING - More than 200 students fell ill after drinking milk during school breakfast in two cities in China, an official said.

More than 100 students in primary and middle schools in Hanzhong city in of northwest Shaanxi province started vomiting and had stomach aches after drinking milk Monday, and 27 of them had to be hospitalised, China Daily quoted a spokesman for the provincial government as saying Tuesday.

In Ankang city, almost 100 students had the same symptoms and 20 were treated with intravenous drips, he said.

Quality inspection authorities later sealed off the products of the milk supplier.

The students were all stable, he said.