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Melamine contaminated Food
Food Product especially milk from China recently hit by contaminated Melamine. What is melamine? Melamine is normally used in the making of fertilizers or plastic household equipment like bowls or plates; not in food. That's why the dairy products containing melamine managed to escape the authorities, including the Chinese government's
For formula milk, the parameters checked are protein content; nutrition content; microbial contamination, such as Salmonella, E. coli and Enterobacter sakazakii; chemical contamination, fungal contamination; physical contamination, and so on.
No countries in the world ever checked melamine content in milk because it is not among the standards used in checking milk; no one has ever added melamine into food before the Chinese. And this has only been found after China discovered a kidney stones epidemic among its children.
Sciencebasehas produce list of product taht may contaminated by melamine.
This is by no means an exhaustive list nor is it a condemnation of any particular products, it’s here merely to raise awareness of what is happening with regard to the melamine in milk scandal.
* Powdered baby milk.
* HK finds melamine in Chinese-made cheesecake.
* Cookies With Melamine Found in Netherlands.
* Mr Brown coffee products.
* Manufacturing giant Unilever recalls melamine tainted tea. CNN is also reporting that the Hong Kong authorities Sunday (October 5) announced that two recalled candy products made by British confectioner Cadbury had high levels of melamine.
* Melamine Detected in Two More Ritz Snacks.
* More Chinese-made sweets recalled in Japan.
* White Rabbit brand Chinese candy contaminated: Asian health officials.
* Lipton, Glico and Ritz the latest businesses to be affected by milk powder scandal.
* Hong Kong finds traces of melamine in Cadbury products.
* Recalled Melamine Milk Products include Asian versions of Bairong grape cream crackers, Dove chocolate, Dreyers cake mix, Dutch Lady candy, First Choice crackers, Kraft Oreo wafer sticks, M&Ms, Magnum ice cream, Mentos bottle yoghurt, Snickers funsize, Yili hi-cal milk, Youcan sesame snacks and others. Testing of some of those has already proven negative.
* Melamine Found in More China-Made Products, including Heinz DHA+AA baby cereal.
* 305 Chinese dairy-based products temporarily banned in Korea.
* US bloggers have gone so far as to uncover dozens of products recalled in China that were still on the shelves of their local supermarkets.
* 31 new milk powder brands found tainted.
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