List of Nations Banning Chinese Milk Products Grows(Indonesia bans M&M,Oreo,Snickers)

VOA News ^ | 09/25/08

[TigerLikesRooster]

List of Nations Banning Chinese Milk Products Grows

By VOA News
25 September 2008

South Korea is the latest nation to ban imports of Chinese dairy products after discovering Chinese-made snacks contained a chemical that has sickened thousands of children who consumed contaminated milk.

The Korean Food and Drug Administration, KFDA, says tests on more than 100 products found the chemical melamine in two biscuit-type snacks. Officials ordered the products to be removed from store shelves and destroyed.

More than a dozen governments in Asia, Africa and Europe have either banned or recalled Chinese dairy products since the scandal broke two weeks ago. At least 53,000 children have been sickened from ingesting milk tainted with melamine. Four children have died, while nearly 13,000 others remain hospitalized.

The Chinese agriculture minister on Tuesday blamed so-called "milk stations," which collect milk from local farmers, for adding the substance to poor-quality milk to raise its protein content.

Indonesia released a list Wednesday of nearly 30 Chinese-made products it says could be contaminated, including such well-known U.S.-created brands as Oreo cookies, M&M chocolates and Snickers chocolate-covered peanut bars.

[TigerLikesRooster]

Ping!

[kittymyrib]

Are these on our store shelves? Are our children taking them to school for snacks? Not a peep from the USDA that I’ve heard, so who knows.

[TigerLikesRooster]

You know China is threatening to stop lending to U.S. financial institutions. I suspect there is big pressure upon USDA to lay off this melamine dairy product scandal for a while.

[sharpee]

Look at any processed food that has an item in its ingredient list that contain milk protein. If it does the milk protein probably did not come from the U.S.

[henkster]

Good Lord, do we make ANYTHING here anymore?

[Boiling Pots]

I bet you’re right, that’s the way it is with China.

They (literally) own us.

[Boiling Pots]

I bet you’re right, that’s the way it is with China.

They (literally) own us.

[itsthejourney]

Egads, the food police were right! Oreos are bad for you.

[wolfcreek]

When your kid’s kidneys quit working, you’ll know for sure.

[zeugma]

I noticed a distinct lack of mention of the United States in that list.

Facte it folks, the people who run this country care about as much about the people as does the chinese government for theirs.

[Ditto]

I noticed a distinct lack of mention of the United States in that list.

Looks like we aren't importing any to begin with.

[mysterio]

Wow, I wasn’t aware that Oreos and snickers were made by Chinese slaves as well.