At least it's their kids

The New York Times has the story of the 'widening Chinese baby formula scandal', which sounds like a joke but isn't:

China’s Ministry of Health on Monday announced that two babies have died in recent months and 1,253 others have been sickened by contaminated milk powder in a rapidly expanding food safety scandal that became public last week.
More than 340 infants remain hospitalized, including 53 in serious condition.
Authorities have confirmed that the tainted milk powder was laced with melamine, a chemical additive sometimes used to make plastics and fertilizer. Last year, a contaminated pet food scare in the United States was traced to Chinese animal feed that had been blended with melamine.
The scandal has renewed concerns about China’s system of food safety regulation, even as Communist Party leaders have pledged to improve oversight, with the country now a major food exporter. (Chinese baby formula is not exported to the United States.) Four years ago, at least 13 Chinese babies died of malnutrition after their parents unwittingly fed them fake baby formula that lacked any nutritional value.
Last year, pet food laced with melamine touched off a trade dispute between the United States and China. Hundreds of cats and dogs in the United States were sickened after the Chinese product and a recall was ordered.
Police have detained 19 people as part of a national investigation that includes inspections of the country’s 175 baby formula factories. Two people have been formally arrested, state media reported.

Rico says the Chinese are very thorough; they will find the source of this. And they will try them, convict them, sentence them, and kill them. If Rico had anything to do with the production of melamine, he'd get out of Dodge...