Melamine in China fish feed

[Ah Hai]

HONG KONG - Hong Kong says it has found the industrial chemical melamine in a sample of fish feed from mainland China.

The Centre for Food Safety says that the feed contained melamine at a concentration of 6.6 parts per million. It says a Hong Kong fish farmer bought the feed in mainland China and delivered it to the city.

Melamine is found in plastics and fertiliser. The chemical has recently turned up in dairy products and other foods. It has been blamed for the deaths of four infants and for sickening more than 50,000 in mainland China.

The statement issued on Tuesday says eight fish at four farms that have used the contaminated feed were tested. No ill effects were found. It was not clear if any fish that ate the tainted feed had been sold to markets. -- AP

 

[TeeKee]

HONG KONG - Hong Kong says it has found the industrial chemical melamine in a sample of fish feed from mainland China.

what's this Chinese Asian values infatuation with the melamine in the food industry...

 

[Big Sexy]

what to do??? what do they expect from the People's Republic of melamine?

HONG KONG - Hong Kong says it has found the industrial chemical melamine in a sample of fish feed from mainland China.

 

[Bigfuck]

Toxins get concentrated in organ parts. Melamine is one of many shits.

 

[Ah Hai]

China reports huge increase in children sickened by tainted milk

BEIJING: China has dramatically raised the tally of children sickened by dairy products laced with the industrial chemical melamine to 294,000, more than five times the original figure.

In a late-night statement on Monday, the health ministry also said six babies may have died from consuming poisoned milk, up from a previous confirmed death toll of three.

The updated figures showed the problem over contaminated milk in China this year was much greater than the government had acknowledged for months, after it said in late September that just 53,000 babies had fallen ill.

Melamine is a chemical normally used to make plastics, but it emerged in September that it had been routinely mixed into watered-down Chinese milk and dairy products to give the impression of higher protein content.

Melamine can cause kidney stones if taken in excessive levels, and babies who were fed tainted milk powder suffered the worst because they consumed so much of the chemical.

The ministry said the 294,000 children who fell ill had suffered from urinary tract problems and that 51,900 of them had been admitted to hospital for treatment.

A total of 861 children remained in hospital, with 154 of them in a serious condition, according to the ministry.

The central government previously said three babies had died of kidney failure from consuming tainted milk powder, while a regional government also reported one death.

A health ministry spokeswoman confirmed to AFP on Tuesday that the six potential deaths included the three confirmed earlier.

The scandal became a global issue when news broke in September, with Chinese dairy products around the world recalled or banned after they were also found to be tainted with melamine.

No melamine-related deaths have been reported overseas and the government has taken a range of high-profile measures to fix the problem, but confidence in Chinese dairy products overseas remains extremely low.

The state-run China Daily reported on Tuesday that Chinese dairy exports had come to a near standstill, just when the industry was normally enjoying its busiest time of the year.

Only 1,036 tonnes of dairy products were exported in October, down 92 from the same period last year, the newspaper said, citing the customs administration, with other industries also suffering.

"The milk food scandal has created distrust in other China-made food exports, and stunted their exports too," the China Daily said.

Premier Wen Jiabao and other Chinese leaders have repeatedly sought to reassure the world about the safety of Chinese food exports.

"We will use our actions and high quality of our food products to win the trust and confidence of Chinese people and people around the world," Wen said in October.

However it remains unclear just how much of China's food is contaminated with melamine and other dangerous substances.

A few days after Wen's comments, it emerged that some Chinese eggs also had traces of melamine, after the chemical was added to chicken feed to give the appearance of higher protein content.

The discovery raised concerns that it could be in many other Chinese foods, with the suspicion that it may have been mixed to other livestock feed.

Other Chinese foods have come under scrutiny for safety issues in recent years.

Dumplings laced with pesticide have been discovered in Japan, while the Chinese and international media have reported on problems such as steroid-laced pigs and fish being fed antibiotics so they can survive in polluted water.

- AFP/yb

 

[Leegimeremover]

Re: China reports huge increase in children sickened by tainted milk

Like in science, if the source of information is rubbish and other sources indicate potentially very bad results, stick to the latter. Why do you think PRCs curse Singapore and still come to Singapore? They buy at Singapore supermarket chains and Carrefour, knowing that most of it is not made in China. Carrfour China sells China. So that should tell you a lot. Eat PRC and give birth to Aliens or not at all.

 

[char_jig_kar]

HONG KONG - Hong Kong says it has found the industrial chemical melamine in a sample of fish feed from mainland China.

The Centre for Food Safety says that the feed contained melamine at a concentration of 6.6 parts per million. It says a Hong Kong fish farmer bought the feed in mainland China and delivered it to the city.

Melamine is found in plastics and fertiliser. The chemical has recently turned up in dairy products and other foods. It has been blamed for the deaths of four infants and for sickening more than 50,000 in mainland China.

The statement issued on Tuesday says eight fish at four farms that have used the contaminated feed were tested. No ill effects were found. It was not clear if any fish that ate the tainted feed had been sold to markets. -- AP

why? 'cause the political system. it lack of checking and balance mechanism. no competition when comes to political power. all they know is when things get out of hand, screw up, they go get one bad ass chap and put a bullet in his/ her head.

thats not system. thats gor yah system. got hole, put a muskin tape over it.

 

[panama]

Those canned fish from China is confirm toxic :(

 

[madmansg]

I offer china mei mei melanine cure with my special treatment.

 

[american]

So cannot eat fish now

 

[Ah Hai]

China faces new melamine scandal, 17 on trial

BEIJING (Reuters) - More than 1,500 boxes of Chinese biscuits exported to Hong Kong and Singapore have tested positive for melamine as suspects in the protracted tainted-food scandal go on trial in China, local media reported on Tuesday.

The scandal has battered faith in Chinese-made products after a series of food- and product-safety scares and led to recalls of Chinese-made dairy products around the world. At least six babies died after drinking contaminated formula in China and hundreds of thousands fell ill.
An officer prepares to destroy unqualified milk powder which was confiscated, in Shanghai November 14, 2008. (REUTERS/Stringer)

Melamine is an industrial compound used in making plastic chairs, among other things, and is added to food to cheat nutrition tests.

Quality inspectors in Dongguan in the southern province of Guangdong found the latest contaminated biscuits after examining 13 batches of 4,800 boxes for export after neighbouring Hong Kong, a "special administrative region" of China, and Singapore reported tainted samples, the China News Service said.

The tainted products had been destroyed while others were sent back to the manufacturer, it said. Investigations showed the melamine in the biscuits came from milk powder, it added.

Tian Wenhua, former chairwoman of Sanlu Group, goes on trial on Wednesday along with other three senior executives of the company that was at the heart of the scandal and since gone bankrupt, the Beijing News said.

By Monday, 17 suspects involved in producing, selling, buying and adding melamine into raw milk had gone on trial, the China News Service said.

Copyright © 2008 Reuters

 

[popdod]

Jiak sushi will kanna bo?

:o :( :o

 

[VIBGYOR]

Jiak sushi will kanna bo?
:o :( :o

Jiak sushi kena even worse....got mercury poisoning!!

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[Ah Hai]

Bacteria found in French milk Feb 17, 2009

SEOUL - SOUTH Korean officials said on Tuesday they have found harmful bacteria in a French baby formula product and vowed to step up tests on future shipments.

Officials of the National Veterinary Research and Quarantine Service said they detected a bacterial strain called enterobacter sakazaki in a shipment of 135kg of canned organic formula produced by France's Vitagermine and imported last month.

E.sakazaki bacteria can cause meningitis and enteritis.

Since December 2007 eight shipments of the product weighing a total of 1,492 kilos have been imported and six of these, totalling 1,222 kilos, reached the market.

After last month's shipment failed tests, inspectors are examining the latest 135-kilo delivery that arrived on February 6, the quarantine service said.

It was also checking formula previously cleared for distribution.

'Most of the six shipments of 1,222 kilograms have been distributed but we've managed to secure two cans left undistributed,' an official told AFP.

He said these would be given more thorough tests and inspections of future shipments would be tightened. -- AFP

 

[etherc]

There are all sorts of methods manufacturers use to make inferior products pass through quality testing. The recent melamine case was an example as it fooled protein content tests. This also happened with the luncheon meat if you guys recall. Others pay off personnel in testing authorities. Sometimes when manufacturers source for cheaper alternative materials they may end up buying toxin containing waste from other industries. This was what happened with the dioxin case in Europe. Recycled industrial waste was converted into fertilizer that grew the grass which cows were fed on. This led to the concentration of dioxins in the milk and beef. The root cause is in trying to lower the bottom line and maximize profits. Consumers can play their part by choosing to buy from companies with certification. Its generally safer. Also the act of whistle blowing is important. If you should come to discover unethical practices please leak it to the media. Remember that you, your loved ones and your children might come to consume or use these products. Everyone has a part to play in this loop. A responsible manufacturer has to hire people to do quality checks, maintain a quality management system and get certified. These companies exercise due diligence in their provision of products to the market. All these costs money and part of it has to be off loaded to consumers. Thus price will not be as cheap. Cheap is not always equal to good.

 

[Ah Hai]

70 sick after eating pig organs

BEIJING - AT LEAST 70 people in southern China fell ill after eating pig organs contaminated by a banned animal feed additive, state media said on Monday.

The cases underscore a continuing battle with food safety in a country where supply chains are murky and the rising cost of labour, land and fuel sometimes force producers to cut corners in order to make a profit.

Three people were in the hospital, while the rest were discharged after being treated for stomach aches and diarrhea over the weekend, the China Daily said.

The pig organs tainted by the steroid clenbuterol were sold last week in markets in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, it said.

Clenbuterol helps to build muscle and is frequently used as an illegal performance enhancing drug by track and field athletes.

China has banned its use as a pig feed additive.

Authorities have detained three people involved with raising and selling the pigs, which came from farms in the neighboring province of Hunan, the China Daily said.

In 2006, more than 300 people in Shanghai were hospitalised after eating pork and pig organs tainted with clenbuterol. Last August, hundreds of thousands of children were sickened after drinking tainted milk, which was also blamed for the deaths of six babies. -- AP