China

It would be unusual now to have only domestic product in your kitchen or in your medicine cabinet. There will be imported products present and these consumable may be produced under far different regulatory standards than what is considered normal in the United States. To increase its efficiency in monitoring the safety and [...]

The Food 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 China:
“Federal health officials on Thursday ordered dozens of imported foods from [...]

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.”
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The melamine contamination in China could impact upon the profitability of international companies. One such example is Nestle, as the company mounts a security and public relations effort to control the quality and reputation of its products:
“The head of European food giant Nestle said Friday the company had mounted a “sizable effort” to ensure [...]

The problem with the chemical melamine can to international attention when thousands of household pets died from contaminated food. Recently there has been concern about melamine being added to milk in China. Now comes reports that melamine is throughout the food chain:
“The toxic chemical melamine is probably being routinely added to Chinese animal [...]

Melamine was the chemical implicated in the tainted milk scandal that has made thousands of children sick in China. Some children have died as a result. Now, melamine has been found in eggs:
“Authorities in a northeastern Chinese city on Wednesday vowed severe punishment for those responsible for melamine-tainted eggs turning up in Hong [...]

The chemical melamine has been implicated in the recent tainted milk scandal in China. Now melamine has been found in eggs and egg products from China:
“…Testing of animal feed, chicken meat and eggs will also be introduced.
Hong Kong scientists found excessive levels of melamine in one brand of mainland eggs on Saturday.
The [...]

The chemical melamine has been implicated in another disaster in China. This time, thousands of dogs have died:
“Some 1500 Chinese dogs have died after eating melamine-tainted animal feed, the latest contamination involving the chemical in a scandal that has sickened tens of thousands of babies and raised questions about the prevalence of the toxin [...]

Thousands of household pets were sick or died from contaminated pet food. The chemical melamine was found in pet food ingredients from China. This is the same chemical that is implicated in the contaminated milk recall that is ongoing currently in China. There has been a court ruling on the lawsuits for [...]

The contaminated milk recall in China and internationally continues. In China, it is an overall recall:
“BEIJING - China is ordering all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept 14 to be taken off the shelves for melamine testing, the first time it has issued a blanket recall of products since the tainted dairy scandal [...]