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Mmmmmm …. more melamine, please!
By Gina Spadafori
March 27, 2009
At this point, anyone who’d buy or import any food or processed food ingredient from China should submit to a psychiatric evaluation or criminal charges. How much melamine can be left over there to put in products? Apparently still enough for cookies, according to the State of Minnesota — which recalled the cookies — and picked up by the Daily Kos:
Tests conducted by the MDA laboratory found several of the crackers had melamine levels that exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) limit of 2.5 parts per million. The highest level detected was 6.19 parts per million. While exposure to melamine can cause kidney and urinary tract problems, the Minnesota Department of Health has not reported any illnesses associated with consumption of these crackers.
MDA has alerted FDA to its finding. MDA is also conducting a broader search for Fortuna products that may be sold in other stores around the state.
Here’s the rest, with background information, including a recent post of Christie’s.
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And here we go. The developers of One World Trade Center have decided that they will NOT call it Freedom Tower over fears that any name more neutral than “One World Trade Center” might discourage prospective tenants from signing leases. And we gotta make sure we don’t alienate any of those prospective tenants, dontcha’ know - the first of which are leasing the 64th through the 69th floor for . . . The China Center. From:
http://www.cnn.com/2009/US/03/.....index.html
“The China Center at One World Trade Center is expected to represent the elite of China’s business and cultural communities and serve as a hub for Chinese firms developing United States operations, as well as for U.S. companies that wish to conduct business in China or expand operations.”
Comment by The OTHER Pat — March 27, 2009 @ 6:37 pm
Heck, I don’t want melamine in anything it’s SUPPOSED to be in, either. I pretty much freaked when I saw this “featured product” in Thursday’s Inquirer food section — complete with picture:
http://www.philly.com/inquirer.....sket_.html
For the little guy
This adorable place setting is child-sized and childproof. It’s made of melamine, so it won’t break if, er - when it gets tossed from the high chair. Made in Vietnam by Oots!, it is microwave and dishwasher safe. Also available in little girl pink.
Blows my mind that something actually made of melamine is a selling point!
Comment by Dorene — March 28, 2009 @ 5:08 am
Did you see the news out of Chicago yesterday? There’s an alarming increase of kidney stones in children across the country. Could it be - mmmmmmmmelamine? http://www.google.com/hostedne.....QD975SLGO2
Comment by Kathy B — March 28, 2009 @ 5:45 am
So knock me over with a broom…..let me guess, is this the beginning of the next round of recalls? And didnt I read something before saying that FDA was testing imports, oh thats right, they can only test barely 1% of them, just not the 99% the stuff is in. And I guess any dreams of telling China to stuff their food imports are dashed as they basically now own our country with all the borrowing we have done from them. And are any of these Drs reporting these increased cases of kidney stones to CDC? What is CDC doing if anything…
Comment by Sandi K — March 28, 2009 @ 12:33 pm
I just got a call from King’s Sooper that their Private Selection Pastachio Nuts in the can have been recalled. Nice to know if you already ate 2 and l/2 cans of them. I can return the 1/2 for a full refund.
A feel like a nut for having eaten them. Wonder how sick I will become—dunno.
Comment by Colorado Transplant — March 28, 2009 @ 1:45 pm
Pistachio recall started Wedenesday:
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmr.....03_09.html
Comment by Gina Spadafori — March 28, 2009 @ 1:48 pm
I got the notice from http://www.fda.gov but it did not mention Private Selection. The notice put me on alert, but my husband said there is nothing wrong with these nuts—the ones I ate.
I had my suspicions, but I ate them anyway. Not sick yet, but I feel like a DUMMY!
Comment by Colorado Transplant — March 28, 2009 @ 1:58 pm
Did you see the news out of Chicago yesterday? There’s an alarming increase of kidney stones in children across the country. Could it be - mmmmmmmmelamine? http://www.google.com/hostedne…..QD975SLGO2
I saw this, and was thinking this very same thing!
We still must be vigilant in our food buying. I am eating a flourless bread now, which is healthier for me anyway. No gluten of any kind. Whole, sprouted grains.
I’m wondering if some of the breads we consume still contain melamine?
Comment by Marcy — March 28, 2009 @ 2:35 pm
Sorry…the post I commented on was made by
Comment by Kathy B — March 28, 2009 @ 5:45 am
Comment by Marcy — March 28, 2009 @ 2:36 pm
Okay…now that we all know they’re looking for melamine, lets try somethin’ else…
China-New tainted pork scandal
http://www.farminguk.com/news/......13812.asp
…Clenobuterol hydrochloride, a fattening drug some farmers would feed pigs with, was banned after it was found to be hazardous to human health.
Eating tainted pork may result in symptoms of dizziness, fatigue, increased heart rates, involuntary shaking of hands and vomiting.
“Our market has expanded the sample testing scale to 20 percent from 2-3 percent since mid-February when over 70 citizens fell prey to the tainted pork,” he said.
Official statistics indicated that Guangzhou has successfully rejected and culled 43 batches of pigs suspected to have been fed the illegal drug in the past month.
…The use of clenobuterol hydrochloride is very common in many pig farms for the high percentage of profits it could lead to, said a report in yesterday’s Nanfang Rural News.
According to the report, some farmers begin feeding pigs with clenobuterol hydrochloride 15 to 20 days before they are sold. The drug can help save about 1kg of feed even as it makes each animal gain 1kg weight per day, leading to a profit as high as 275 percent.
“The tainted pigs can even sell at a higher price, by about 0.4 yuan per kg, than normal ones,” the report pointed out.
CHINA BOUND AND DETERMINED TO KILL US HUMANS!
Comment by Barb — March 29, 2009 @ 3:26 pm