The Magnitude of the Melamine Contamination
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The number of companies in China who have used the chemical melamine to contaminate the food supply is overwhelming. It is not just a few illegal, rogue operations:
“…In the last two months, China has closed 238 animal feed companies for melamine-related violations and destroyed an estimated 3,682 tons of substandard feed, RIA Novosti reported.”
link: China goes after tainted feed producers
There may be some businesses that use melamine and have not been caught yet. One also has to keep in mind that the Chinese government has a firm control of the news. The full extent of the problem may never be know because of these government restraints. However, even the number of businesses identified now as using melamine is stunning.
Catherine Forsythe
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FDA Halts Milk Products from China ~ DogReader
November 14th, 2008
at 9:49am
[...] and Drug Administration (FDA) finally has acted on the melamine scandal that has impacted China. The scope of the contamination has been wide spread and the FDA is following other countries in halting the import of certain products with origins in [...]
Melamine in US Baby Food ~ DogReader
November 25th, 2008
at 5:30pm
[...] contaminated. In the past months, there have been reports of melamine in the milk supply in China. Some deaths have been reported. Now there is a evidence of melamine in American infant [...]
More Melamine Found in Infant Formula ~ DogReader
November 30th, 2008
at 1:03pm
[...] behoves the FDA to identify the source of this contamination. Countries like China has shown that melamine use has been widespread. The FDA needs to validate that this is not the case with the American food [...]