U.S. Blocks Food from China Containing Milk
The U.S. isn't letting anything in from China that contains milk, due to concerns of melamine contamination. So far, the industrial chemical has left tens of thousands of Chinese infants sick, and at least four dead, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The ban will include such products as infant's milk, regular milk, chocolate, cheese, ice cream, and pet food.
According to the FDA, shady stuff was happening. Some Chinese producers were watering down milk to make it go farther while adding melamine to increase the nitrogen and protein content to disguise the tampering.
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5 Comments:
Seriously?
We import ice cream, milk AND cheese from China?
Rookiecook at 10:07AM on 11/14/08
@rookiecook...scary.....right? I don't see why we would have a NEED or want to import those items from China...says alot about the U.S.....huh?
Glad to see the FDA finally taking a stand....a month or so after the story broke.
mepolo at 10:29AM on 11/14/08
no kidding mepolo. a month or so. EEK
hungrychristel at 10:47AM on 11/14/08
For whatever it's worth Melamine isn't harmful in itself. What it does is add nitrogen to fool protein tests into thinking there is more protein in a food product than there is. The danger is in giving pets or infants products that don't contain enough protein to sustain health or even life.
daveharrisoneditor at 1:04PM on 11/14/08
So all of those infants and pets got sick and/or died from not getting enough protein? I'm not so sure about that. I'm in Hong Kong and most people I know here (Chinese and Western) won't touch any food made in China. They'll buy Australian or NZ milk.
actionwoman at 9:24AM on 11/23/08