Melamine in Milk Powder Causes Infant Illnesses
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In 2007, melamine caused numerous pet deaths when it contaminated food ingredients imported from China. Once again, melamine is a health concern:
“The number of Chinese babies known to have fallen ill with kidney stones as a result of contaminated milk powder has risen to 432, officials have announced.
“This is a severe food safety accident,” health ministry official Gao Qiang, said. Those responsible would be “severely” punished, he added.”
link: Chinese baby milk scare ’severe’
For those consumers who are wary of Chinese imports, this is additional evidence of security concerns. There simply are not sufficient controls on the products. Many consumers will not feed imported ingredients to their pets, let alone their infant children.
Catherine Forsythe
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Number of Babies Sick from Contaminated Milk Powder Grows ~ DogReader
September 15th, 2008
at 11:57am
[...] reports of the extent of the number of infant illnesses was incorrect. The number of infants now sick from contaminated milk powder has tripled. And the number may go [...]