Since the contaminated whey protein issues, actions like recall, cessation of sale, product return have been taken to address the issue. However, the full report of the recall information, investigation result and the affected population is still no available to the public. The person who pays special attention to the food safety, Li Yingjie filed a request that the full report should be accessible to the public.

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In the early of August, the largest diary enterprise of New Zealand, Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd. (as "Fonterra" in the following) announced that in last May the whey protein of one of their plant has been contaminated by clostridium botulinam. After the invesigation by the associated institutions form China and New Zealand, it is confirmed that theproducts from eight different enterprises are involved, including Coca Cola, Abbott Laboratories and Wahaha Group, etc.

The concerns spread among the public. "My son is using the Dumex powdered milk. Now they say there is problem of the milk, what should I do if the milk has already harmed my son?" Duan Li jun said. Another resident worried, "My granddaughter has been using the powdered milk from Abbott Laboratories, and have the beverages from Wahaha and other brands. It is so scared that there is safety problem of these food", Mrs. Yang in Zhengzhou.  

The initial respond from these companies satisfied the public that they issued recall, returning and cessation. Yet it is far from enough that they only published the defect lot number of the product. Li Yingjie pays special attention on the food safety and he does not agree with the report. According to the Food Recall Regulation, the food recall shall include these related activities: the health hazard evaluation of the defect food, the impacted severity and the population from the defect food, the expected result from the recall, and the handling method of the product. "None of these are included in the report they published, and the regulatory agency does not announce any information, neither." As a result, he said he has filed a request to the quality inspection institution and asked for the information.

It is clearly stated in the Regulation of the People's Republic of China on the Disclosure of Government Information that any information related to the safety of the residents, the government should public these information to ensure the Rights to Inform of the citizens. Xie Bin, he also concerns the food safety and agrees with the claim that the government should publish the full report. On July 1st, the general office of the state council announced the article saying which information the government should publish. It is said that the government should strengthen the process of food safety information. Xie Bin thinks the Fonterra issue is under the category of this article. Hence, the report and inspection information should be published to the public.