A political issue In the mainland, Li Changjiang took responsibility for the failure of quality control and the poor response to the crisis by stepping down as head of China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection, and Quarantine. Wu Xianguo, the Communist Party chief in the Hebei city of Shijiazhuang, was also removed from his post.
大陸方面，因品管不慎及毒奶危機處理不當，中共國家質檢總局局長李長江引咎辭職下台，而涉嫌隱匿「毒害」不報的河北省省委常委吳顯國亦遭免職。