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Melamine-tainted milk from China: latest Chinese food scare

Monday, September 22, 2008 at 5:21 PM

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But why would anybody add melamine to milk? Well, melamine is a nitrogen rich compound and adding this tricks testers into concluding that food products are high in protein. For some
unscrupulous Chinese businessmen, this means a good way to may a quick buck!

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Personally, whatever the result of all these testing may be, I will think twice about buying (mush less eating) Chinese products again. The country obviously has very lax, if not non-existent, quality controls. A few months ago, it was revealed that Chinese-made toys were laden with excessive amounts of lead paint that can cause brain damage in children. Weeks later, candies, cookies and other Chinese food imports were found to contain formaldehyde, a cancer-causing substance popularly known as formalin. And now, it's melamine in milk. It scares me to think what we'll discover next. To be on the safe side, no more Chinese food imports for me and for my family no matter how relatively cheaper they are compared to their Western counterparts. How about you?

Thought bubble: I wonder what's going on in the minds of the thousands of athletes who participated in the just-concluded 2008 Paralympics and Beijing Olympics?

Update: The Chinese government’s quality watchdog has released an initial list of milk manufacturing companies using the deadly toxin. (Source: ABS CBN news)

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2 Shanghai Panda Dairy Co Ltd
3 Synutra International Inc
4 Shanxi Gucheng Dairy Co Ltd
5 Jiangxi Bright & Hero Dairy Co
6 Baoji Huimin Milk Co Ltd
7 Mengniu Dairy
8 Duojiaduo Dairy Industry (Tianjin) Co Ltd
9 Guangdong Yashili Group Co Ltd
10 Hunan Peiyi Dairy Co
11 Heilongjiang Qining Dairy Co
12 Shanxi Yashili Dairy Co Ltd
13 Shenzhen Jinbishi Milk Co Ltd
14 Guangzhou Shien Dairy Co
15 Guangzhou Jinding Dairy Co
16 Inner Mongolia Yili Industrial Group Co
17 Ausmeadow Nutriment Co Ltd
18 Qingdao Suncare Nutritional Technology Co Ltd
19 Xi'an Baiyue Dairy Co Ltd
20 Yantai Leilei Dairy Products Co Ltd
21 Shanghai Bao'anli Dairy Co Ltd
22 Fuding Chenguan Dairy Co Ltd


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