Global China dairy product recall PDF Print E-mail
Written by Stumo   
Thursday, 25 September 2008

Britain, New Zealand, Singapore.  Oreos, candy, infant formula.  Melamine has been found in human food originating from China in more than a dozen countries.

So how do you do a global recall?  How does the Chinese food quality authority recall infant formula in Singapore?

Notice this phrasing:

An industrial chemical that made its way into China's dairy supplies and that authorities blame in the death of four babies has turned up in numerous Chinese-made exports abroad from candies to yogurt to rice balls.

The chemical "made its way" into milk.  As if the chemical itself was traveling along and occupied the dairy supplies.  Why not say people and companies put the chemical in the infant formula and other products in Chinese factories?  Because that's what happened.

White Rabbit candy here.  Avoid it.  Oreo cookies, Snickers bars, M&M candies in Indonesia.  Avoid them.  

But the authorities are on the case, so feel better:

U.S. and European consumer safety officials urged Beijing to better enforce product safety standards.

Scientific American has the explanation for putting the industrial chemical melamine into human food, though I've explained it before.  Gaming the protein tests. 

During a press conference held during last year's pet food scandal, FDA official Stephen Sundlof said it was possible that the tainted grub was deliberately spiked with melamine to make  it appear to have higher protein levels. "The motivation would be economic in that you can take a product that is low in protein," he said, "and add a substance that from a chemistry standpoint makes the product appear to have a higher protein content than it does so it can be marketed at the price."

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