You wonder when all of this might end. In China they are recycling Melamine into bricks, just gives you an idea of how solid and durable 
the product is and the fact that it is not something we want in our bodies. Watch out for teddy bears bearing melamine tainted chocolate.
The link above also contains my suggestion for using technology to police food and drug products. It can be done, but again, in Washington we need some “jets” to make this work, in other words folks with “hands on” experience that are in the know and that do not have to rely on staff for all their information. This is becoming increasingly important today as staff information is supposed to be accurate, but it is only as good as the source too, and we all deal with that.
Now if you look below we have to identify a UPC number and and item number, so this goes back to my suggestion of every food and drug product to be clearly labeled with the country, city and/or state of origin, and again business technology to report to a bank of servers on content before the product is packaged, with no more “blind shipments” allowed on either food or drug products. A blind shipment is a bill of lading that shows a product’s home office as the point of origin for example and not the actual shipping location, and this has been done for years for “marketing branding” purposes, but for food and drug products it has now outlived it’s usefulness and is at the point of endangering lives, so that should change immediately, and again business intelligence used over the internet to validate the products at the FDA with a full bank of servers to alert both the FDA and factory when a product is out of compliance immediately. BD
Walgreens is recalling 173 teddy bears with chocolate bars sold in stores since late September 2008. Analysis by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that certain samples of the chocolate provided with the teddy bears were contaminated with melamine. Customers who purchased any of the 173 teddy bears should return them immediately to the Walgreens stores where they were purchased for a full refund. Walgreens already has instructed stores to stop selling the product, which is specifically described as an approximately 9-inch high Dressy Teddy Bear with 4-oz. Chocolate Bar. The product's UPC number is 047475864485, and the product tag also includes the item number 291332. Walgreens has not received any reports of illness or injury related to this product.
Walgreens Recalls 173 Teddy Bears With Chocolate Bars Sold Since Late September 2008, USA
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