China milk scandal hits home (nationalism shaken)

LAT ^ | 09/27/08 | Barbara Demick

[TigerLikesRooster]

China milk scandal hits home

Chinese had shrugged off previous problems as Western hysteria, but tainted milk has many wondering what else poses a risk. Even professed patriots seek out products not made in China.

By Barbara Demick

Los Angeles Times Staff Writer

September 27, 2008

BEIJING — Even after regulators assured the public that all contaminated baby formula was off the shelves, B.X. Wei wasn't going to feed his 2-month-old son anything that came out of a can. Especially not one made in China.

But his wife didn't have enough breast milk for the baby.

Then the 30-year-old businessman from Jiangsu province remembered that during his childhood, women would nurse each other's babies if one ran out of milk. So he decided to try a new twist on the old tradition: On Monday, he put an ad on the Internet soliciting a wet nurse.

"I don't know if any milk powder is safe," Wei said.

China's latest food scandal has created a surge of interest in wet nurses. Wei has been interviewing candidates who are asking for as much as $1,500 a month -- about 10 times the average price of a nanny.

Parents who can't afford such luxuries are in a quandary. As stores here and elsewhere in the world remove such products as yogurt and candies amid the scandal over contaminated milk, Chinese consumers are left wondering what else might be poisoning their children.

The discovery that melamine, a toxic industrial compound, had been added to Chinese milk has set off a panic extending through Asia, Europe and parts of Africa. (No tainted products have been discovered to date in the U.S.)

[Calpernia]

>>>there is a movement afoot to require food manufacturers to clearly indicate on their package the origin of ALL the ingredients.

That is COOL. It has been on the table for years. The big money powers don’t want it and keep loop holes all over it.

[Calpernia]

ping

[TigerLikesRooster]

Yes, China could execute several folks and make some other noise, hoping that the whole furor dies down and people move on to other matters. Then they restart producing same craps with same poison all over again.

It is a systemic problem. Only the wholesale collapse of processed food industry in China will bring serious change.

As it stands, their processed food are like plague. It continues to survive and spread.

[Calpernia]

Until they plow new fields, it is a whole foods problem as well as processed.

[Straight Vermonter]

I hadn’t heard that any of this had gotten to the US. Have you heard differently?

[Calpernia]

Remember, it was in the heperin too:

http://freerepublic.info/focus/f-news/1970672/posts

>>>The FDA’s investigation found a compound derived from animal cartilage sneaked into supplies of raw heparin coming from China. Yesterday, both Baxter and the FDA said it wasn’t clear that the ingredient from the Chinese supplier was tied to the bad reactions. “We honestly don’t know” the cause, an FDA spokeswoman said.>>>

That would be rat poison. Use to keep the vermin out of the fields. Consumed by humans and their livestock. Pigs are used to make heparin.

[Calpernia]

NW_AZ found an alert in the ProMed that said these products went out to WalMart. So the chances are good that it is in our US chain stores.

[Caipirabob]

Then the 30-year-old businessman from Jiangsu province remembered that during his childhood, women would nurse each other's babies if one ran out of milk. So he decided to try a new twist on the old tradition: On Monday, he put an ad on the Internet soliciting a wet nurse.

Excellent idea. I'm sure there's many women who would be interested in the additional income and every life they can spare would be a mercy.

[Straight Vermonter]

Thanks. Any idea what products, powdered milk, baby formula?

[Calpernia]

At this point, I feel comfortable saying anything imported from China is toxic. Ingredients to processed.

They used the rat poisoning in the fields. It is in their food chain.

[Calpernia]

I found the link to the ProMed post mentioning WalMart. NW AZ has the ProMed report on this thread here:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2052529/posts?page=1917#1917
INFANT KIDNEY STONES - CHINA (02): GANSU, BABY MILK, MELAMINE
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A ProMED-mail post

[metmom]

What products is that?

What’s ProMed?

[metmom]

Mom ping

[glorgau]

but how despicable of a cretin do you have to be to willingly sell poison in your own country?

This is the "standard" of most business deals done in China. Once you have the money, the deal is done. Forever.

[JACKRUSSELL]

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[Calpernia]

Nothing is being all too forward about what products. Dry milk is an ingredient in many products.

ProMed is a news feed for communication within the international infectious disease community, including scientists, physicians, epidemiologists, public health professionals.

[blam]

"And — if they are willing to do THAT, it's totally obvious they would have even less respect for anyone else."

Despite our indoctornation...we're not all equal. Some people are evil.

This is mass attempted murder!!

[blam]

"Last Mott’s jug I looked at stated it was made from Chinese apples."

80% of the garlic consumed in the US comes from China. That means whole, chopped, crushed, garlic powder/salt, etc.

[blam]

"I hadn’t heard that any of this had gotten to the US. Have you heard differently?"

No.

I did read that the list of countries detecting it are rising in number.

[Calpernia]

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http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2092004/posts?page=14#14

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2092004/posts?page=15#15