The same ingredient that was found in the contaminated pet food, although this appears to be somewhat limited to ethnic grocery stores. What I would call "useless suppliers" in China sometimes mix it in to make foodstuffs appear to be high in protein; that is scary to add this to food to create a fake nutrition value, what some people won't stop at to make a dollar, talk about a false vision of health that could stand to either kill you or make one very sick! BD
(AP) -- Federal officials warned Thursday that tainted infant formula from China may be on sale at ethnic groceries in this country, even though it is not legally approved for importation. The Food and Drug Administration urged U.S. consumers to avoid all infant formula from China, after several brands sold in that country came under suspicion of being contaminated with melamine, a chemical used in plastics. Officials said there have been reports from China of babies developing serious kidney problems as a result.
"We're concerned that there may be some infant formula that may have gotten into the United States illegally and may be on the ethnic market," said Janice Oliver, deputy director of the FDA's food safety program. "No infant formula from China should be entering the United States, but in the past we have found it on at least one occasion.
When are we going to learn our lesson? We import from China to save a buck and they end up hurting us to save themselves a buck. We certainly need to inspect everything from China very carefully. Unfortunately, I don't think we are doing so before it enters our country.
ReplyDeleteYes and it goes one more step than this, R and D going to China and India too, so will it get better and will there be some honest folks out there? Everybody is in control, yet in reality nobody is in control.
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