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It's Official -- Melamine found in U.S.
September 30, 2008
In my last post, I noted a disturbing case of melamine being found in Cadbury candies over in China.Now, according to this article from a California TV station, it seems melamine has been detected in White Rabbit Candy made in China and shipped here. The candymaker's U.S. distributor, Queensway Food Company, Inc., has already issued a recall.
Melamine is a chemical used in making plastics. It wound up in milk, according to published reports, when a number of farmers started putting it in watered-down milk to fool inspectors into thinking it wasn't watered-down. Now, thousands of babies have died or fallen ill in China due to this chemical.
Scary stuff, and it looks like the scandal may not be over yet, since it's making it to our shores.
Posted by Sean Murphy on September 30, 2008 | Comments (4)
In response to: It's Official -- Melamine found in U.S.
L Young commented:
There is due to communism ruling in China and most people may not be able to realize how severe it will be. This is just the start and we will see more and more similar cases in future.
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facto commented:
only 4 died... not like you said thousands. get it right...
In response to: It's Official -- Melamine found in U.S.
facto commented:
there is no correlation between melamine and communism. It's like saying US had mad cow disease because of democracy. How about US has the worse case of obesity because of the republicians. You people are crazy.
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teg commented:
All imports of food products and toys or childrens products from China should be banned on principle. The Chinese dairy farmers want more money so badly that they will poison and kill infants in their own country. What about the lead found in paint on toys during the past year? It seems as though these people have become so evil that we have to protect ourselves and our children from them, but who will protect their innocent children?