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Posted on 10/17/2008 1:05:42 AM PDT by nickcarraway
Milk and yogurt from two Chinese stores in Italy tested positive for the chemical melamine, a government official announced Thursday.
Welfare Undersecretary Francesca Martini said that health police have been seizing and testing dairy products imported from China, the Italian news agency ANSA reported. So far, problems have been found with three cases of dairy products.
Cosimo Piccinno, commander of the health police, said that the levels of melamine found were above the acceptable limit and that he was concerned because the products are likely to be eaten by children.
''These aren't lethal quantities, but they are harmful,'' Piccinno said.
Melamine, used in the manufacture of plastics, is sometimes added as a food adulterant to increase the apparent protein quantity. In China, thousands of babies have been sickened and at least four died from melamine-contaminated formula.
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Geeze I dont know why Chinas exports dont get banned .
This should not be able to continue to happen.
I bought pine nuts and the label said they could be imported from one of the three listed countries.
One being China. I wonder how much they can screw up pine nuts.
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