More Melamine news. People food and follow up on pet food.
China
China’s top dairies battle to regain public trust
The Associated Press Published: October 16, 2008
[HOHHOT, China: China’s dairy giants opened their factories to a government-led media tour Thursday in a bid to stave off losses and regain the public’s trust after their products were found tainted with a chemical that killed four infants and sickened tens of thousands.
Executives from Mengniu Dairy Group Co. and Yili Industrial Group Co. — both based in Inner Mongolia, where sprawling grasslands serve as grazing land to some 2.5 million cows — promised that stepped up testing and new procedures would ensure that similar contamination won’t happen again…]
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/16/asia/AS-Asia-Tainted-Milk.php
China recalls more dairy products
By Edward Wong Published: October 15, 2008
[BEIJING: The Chinese government ordered a recall on Tuesday of all milk products produced before Sept. 14 that are still on the shelves so the products can be tested for the toxic chemical melamine….]
http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/15/asia/15china.php
Courts compound pain of China’s tainted milk
By Edward Wong Published: October 17, 2008
[BEIJING: The first sign of trouble was powder in the baby’s urine. Then there was blood. By the time the parents took their son to the hospital, he had no urine at all….]
Vietnam
Vietnam finds 3 more melamine-tainted milk imports
The Associated Press Published: October 16, 2008
[HANOI, Vietnam: Vietnam has found melamine in three more milk products that were imported from Singapore and contained ingredients from Australia, officials said Thursday.
The Vietnamese distributor, Huong Thuy Co. Ltd., said the three beverages — milk melon, cappuccino coffee and milk coffee — were imported from a factory run by a subsidiary of Japan-based Pokka Corp….]
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/16/asia/AS-Vietnam-Tainted-Milk.php
Thailand
Melamine found in Thai condensed milk
Reuters Published: October 15, 2008
[BANGKOK: Thailand’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said Wednesday it had found “very high” levels of melamine in a sample of unsweetened condensed milk produced and sold in the country.
The FDA (Thai) ordered Thai Dairy Industry Co. Ltd. to stop production of “Mali” unsweetened condensed milk and requested retailers pull it from their shelves….]
http://www.iht.com/articles/reuters/2008/10/15/europe/OUKWD-UK-THAILAND-MELAMINE.php
Malaysia
Malaysia bans tainted baking agent from China
The Associated Press
Published: October 16, 2008
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia: Malaysia banned the import of the baking agent ammonium bicarbonate from China on Thursday, saying it contained high levels of melamine discovered in locally produced biscuits.
[The Health Ministry ordered the manufacturers of the biscuits — Khong Guan Holdings Malaysia Bhd and Khian Guan Biscuit Manufacturing Co Sdn Bhd — to withdraw the tainted brands from the market immediately, said Noraini Mohamad Othman, the ministry’s food safety director.
She said Malaysia is the first country to ban ammonium bicarbonate.
“We are concerned. That means it’s not only milk and milk products (that are tainted). The issue is much wider,” Noraini said….]
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/16/asia/AS-Malaysia-China-Tainted-Biscuits.php
Italy
Italy’s first cases of melamine tainted milk
The Associated Press Published: October 16, 2008
[ROME: Italy has discovered two containers of milk and one of yogurt containing melamine, the industrial chemical that contaminated milk powder in China and hospitalized thousands of babies, the Health Ministry said Thursday.
It said the first melamine contamination found in food products in Italy posed a non-lethal health threat and was so far limited to illegally imported Chinese products being sold by retailers that mostly cater to Chinese immigrants….]
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/16/europe/EU-Italy-China-Tainted-Milk.php
Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan producer to recall tainted cookies
The Associated Press Published: October 16, 2008
[COLOMBO, Sri Lanka: A Sri Lankan cookie manufacturer said Thursday it will temporarily pull one of its products from the market after Swiss authorities said the cookies had high concentrations of melamine.
Ceylon Biscuits Limited said it decided to take its Munchee LemonPuff cookies off shelves “in the light of certain adverse news reports coming from overseas.”…]
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/16/asia/AS-Sri-Lanka-Tainted-Cookies.php
USA
Cleaning up last year’s pet food mess! Owners have till the 24th of November to file!
Judge OKs $24M for cats, dogs sickened by pet food
The Associated Press Published: October 14, 2008
CAMDEN, New Jersey: A federal judge Tuesday approved a $24 million settlement for owners of dogs and cats that were sickened or died after eating pet food that included a Chinese-made ingredient contaminated with an industrial chemical.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman clears the way for U.S. pet owners with claims to start receiving checks next year. A Canadian judge has scheduled a hearing for Nov. 3 to determine whether the settlement can also apply in that nation.
Under the U.S. deal, pet owners have until Nov. 24 to file claims, which will be paid by the food manufacturers, retailers and others involved in the sale of the products.
http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/14/america/NA-US-Pet-Food-Recalls.php
A friend emailed me regarding a visit to the Vet with his dog. His vet has told him to avoid the treat, tenders and strips for dogs as most were from China. Enclosed was an FDA warning from Sept 2007. The FDA has left all products listed in the pet melamine scandal of 2007, active on their website. In addition, it contains other products pulled for salmonella or other causes. This is a good reminder that those products may still be out there. The FDA reported as recently as Sept of 2008 that the actual inspections of pet food products may only be 1% of imported goods. (I doubt they can say any more about human foods.) If you have a concern, check their recall list HERE.
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