China tainted milk scandal
1st October 2008
Have any of you been following the tainted milk scandal in China? Where manufacturers were adding melamine to milk to mask low nutrient levels?
I’ve used melamine before. To paint my bathroom to prevent mold growth. Rather disturbing people decided to add it to milk that babies drink, hmm?
One story points out the huge number of ill babies and kids (53,000 at last count) shows how much breastfeeding has declined in China.
Big global companies such as Hershey’s and Cadbury are also caught up, but no products in Canada. There have been Chinese cookies, candy and instant coffee recalled here, though. See an FAQ from the CBC here, with more details. Here’s the Canadian Food Inspection Agency’s site on melamine and all recalls.
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I have been…but barely…it breaks my heart completely
We gave Ava Chinese-bought-in-China formula while switching her over to GoodStart. It was gross as it was. Very very sugary and sweet. To think she or our future daughter/son could have been or is affected makes me wanna puke .. becuz chances are our next child is already born .. *sigh*
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