Chinese Biscuits Test Positive for Melamine

BEIJING—More than 1,500 boxes of Chinese biscuits exported to Hong Kong and Singapore have tested positive for melamine as more suspects in the protracted tainted-food scandal go on trial in China Dec. 30.

The scandal has battered faith in Chinese-made products after a series of food- and product-safety scares and led to recalls of Chinese-made dairy products worldwide.

Quality inspectors in Dongguan in the southern province of Guangdong found the latest contaminated biscuits after examining 13 batches of 4,800 boxes for export after Hong Kong and Singapore reported tainted samples, the China News Service said.