Posted on 10/12/2008 5:10:52 PM PDT by nickcarraway
THREE more products from China have been found tainted with melamine, including one meant for manufacturing use, the Agri-food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) said yesterday.
They are Cadbury Choclairs in the coffee and blueberry flavours, and Panda Dairy Whole Milk Powder.
The AVA gave the assurance that the levels of melamine detected in the tainted products were very low and should not cause ill heath unless consumed in very large quantities.
It said the Choclairs had melamine concentrations of 21.4 to 92.3 parts per million (ppm) and a 60kg adult can consume between 108 and 292 pieces of the candy daily without suffering from ill effects from the chemical.
Panda Dairy milk powder — which had melamine levels of 163.8 ppm — was imported in January by a local manufacturer to make chocolate blocks for export. None of the melamine-tainted batch has been used in food production.
“The milk powder has been sealed in the manufacturer’s warehouse since the suspension on Sept 19, 2008,” said the AVA.
The latest detections bring the number of melamine-tainted products to 13. The AVA said all the tainted products would be destroyed under its supervision.
Melamine is an industrial chemical that is illegally added to diluted milk to artificially boost its protein levels. The AVA has banned the import and sale of China-made milk products here since Sept 19, after a scandal that has killed four infants and caused over 53,000 people in China to be sick.
The AVA has issued a summons to I-Tec Supermart and verbally warned 10 other retailers for selling China-made dairy products after its ban. It will test pet food for melamine after completing tests on consumer food products.
Meanwhile, the National Environment Agency (NEA) has found two food establishments using China-made dairy products.
The product samples have been sent to the AVA for tests and NEA said yesterday action will be taken against the businesses should the products be found to contain melamine.
Since Sept 23, a total of 2,549 food shops and 1,626 hawker stalls have been inspected, the NEA said.
Do they put this melamine junk in everything??
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What do they care?
HF
Melamine isn’t necessarily a bad thing. I used to work for a company that fused melamine paper to particleboard (they made the particleboard too). It allowed the boards to be any color, and the colors were striking. If you have any budget furniture, you might have some in your house.
“Melamine isn’t necessarily a bad thing.”
As long as you don’t eat it.
No, just things where they want to fake higher protein content.
I suspect the whole problem could be fixed by a change in the way China regulates food production that would not require heavy-handed enforcement.
The only reason an unscrupulous producer has for adulterating food products with melamine is to inflate the protein content on some coarse assay in which the C_3N_3(NH_2)_3 molecule tests as being protein. If the Chinese either used a finer assay that would distinguish the molecule from actual amino acids; or went to a model where the protein content of foods was measure by formulation, so that milk counted for as much protein as milk actually contains; or even abolished the protein assay entirely, there would be no motive to mix melamine in food products.
So you are saying it is good for furniture. I suppose it is.
Formaldehyde glue, nails, screws, and polyurethane varnish are good for furniture too, but should we have to point out to the Chinese that they are bad for food?
I wonder what other little surprises are going to show up in Chinese foods and food products?
I say that that manufacturers should be required to put country of origin of ALL ingredients on the label and then we can decide if we want to take the chance.
It is in their food chain. The melamine is used in their fields like a rat poison.
Film at 11:00
Does anyone know if the thin walled aluminum cans come from China??
About 8 weeks ago I started getting a suede like rash inside my bottom lip. Went to eye-ear-nose-throat specialist. He’d never seen it before. Got Rx for cortisone cream. One week later am almost healed up.
But I did give up the soft drinks in aluminum cans.
Fine. You eat it and let us know how you do.
Water isn't necessarily a bad thing either.
Nobody said melamine in and of itself was such a bad thing. We just don't want it in our food. Maybe you need to read up on this a little more before you go making a fool out of yourself any more.
Maybe you should read what I was replying to before you make a fool out of yourself any more.
Could be an allergy to aluminum, do you react that way to foil as well?
More products (company) to never buy again. The list just keeps growing.
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