Eight more senior government officials have been fired or punished for slack supervision over the tainted Sanlu milk powder scandal, the Communist Party of China's disciplinary watchdog said Friday.

The officials were from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine, the ministries of agriculture and health, the State Administration for Industry and Commerce and the State Food and Drug Administration.

The melamine-contaminated milk powder left at least six Chinese infants dead and almost 300,000 ill.

Source: Xinhua