Bad Chinese Milk

We don't have to go as far as China to find examples of this, only a few years back the Swiss firm Nestlé were investigated for dumping baby formula in African countries after it had come under scrutiny in Europe.

There's no doubt though, the Chinese have a long way to go where quality control is concerned.
 
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It's just funny that Hollywood always wants to pick "the military" to be the evil organization when more often the private sector does far more shocking things.
 
senojekips said:
We don't have to go as far as China to find examples of this, only a few years back the Swiss firm Nestlé were investigated for dumping baby formula in African countries after it had come under scrutiny in Europe.

There's no doubt though, the Chinese have a long way to go where quality control is concerned.
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Yeah I remember the Nestle thing and it interests me that Fonterra have a 45% share in Sanlu and a partnership with Nestle so it wouldn't surprise me if they are involved again.
 
Apparently last year there was an incident in the same crucial ingredient being added to pet food which caused a lot of pets to die in the US. You'd think they'd learn from that.
 
senojekips said:
We don't have to go as far as China to find examples of this, only a few years back the Swiss firm Nestlé were investigated for dumping baby formula in African countries after it had come under scrutiny in Europe.

There's no doubt though, the Chinese have a long way to go where quality control is concerned.
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Well funny you should mention Nestle as guess who has appeared in the latest new on the topic.

13,000 hospitalised in China milk scare

China says nearly 13,000 children are in hospital after drinking toxic milk powder in a dramatic escalation of Beijing 's latest safety scandal. As the World Health Organisation questioned Beijing 's handling of the crisis, premier Wen Jiabao appeared on state television promising to head off further incidents.
But a Hong Kong toddler also became the first child affected outside the mainland and more countries moved to bar Chinese milk products.
The health ministry said 12,892 infants were in hospital with 104 babies in serious condition, according to the official Xinhua news agency .
About 1,579 babies had been "cured" and discharged, the ministry said, adding that hospitals nationwide had seen almost 40,000. At least four children have died from drinking poisonous baby formula.
Swiss food giant Nestle said it's "confident" its products in China are safe, after media reports suggested they were laced with the chemical.
"Following press reports in Hong Kong earlier today claiming that traces of melamine had been found in a Nestle growing-up milk, Nestle is confident that none of its products in China is made from milk adulterated with melamine," the group said in a statement.
Media reports had claimed that Neslac Gold 1+ might be affected, Nestle said, but it pointed out that the Hong Kong government's food safety department had declared that the product was safe.
The scandal stems from the practice of adding industrial chemical melamine, normally used to make plastics, to watered-down milk to boost apparent protein levels.
Melamine, which causes urinary problems including kidney stones, was first discovered in baby formula and then in liquid milk, yoghurt and ice-cream, leading to mass recalls.
The problem first came to light last week in state-controlled media but New Zealand dairy Fonterra, which has a joint venture with China's Sanlu, has said it knew for weeks and had been pushing for a recall.
Some Chinese press reports have said the scam had been going on for years, with the country's chaotic and corrupt food safety system unable to detect or prevent it.
Shigeru Omi, Western Pacific director of the UN's WHO, on Sunday raised concerns the matter was not reported earlier.
"Evidently there is also a problem with internal communication," Omi told a news conference in Manila.
"It seems people already knew of this problem for some time and did not share this information."
With Brunei, Bangladesh and Burundi becoming the latest countries to bar Chinese milk products, Wen pledged to put an end to the long line of safety scares.
"What we want to do now is prevent this happening again, not just with milk products, but with all foods," he said.
"We want to prevent similar incidents occurring so that the common people can eat in peace."
China has endured a litany of scandals in recent years over dangerous products including food, drugs and toys, many of which were exported, dealing a blow to its manufacturing reputation.
Last year, melamine was found in exports of Chinese pet food which killed cats and dogs in the United States.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong 's government said a three-year-old girl developed a kidney stone after drinking Chinese milk powder but she has left hospital and is in good condition.
Burundi became the third African country to bar Chinese milk products after Gabon and Tanzania, while Brunei joined neighbouring Malaysia, Singapore and Bangladesh in freezing imports.
A Japanese company is recalling thousands of buns made with Chinese milk, fearing contamination. Eighteen people have been arrested in China over the scandal, state media have said.
In Singapore, authorities say the potentially deadly chemical melamine has been found in a third milk product imported from China.
New laboratory findings showed White Rabbit Creamy Candy from China is also contaminated with melamine, the city-state's government announced late Sunday.
On Friday, Singapore suspended the import and sale of all milk and milk products from China after local tests found samples containing melamine, which is used to make plastics.
"These products include milk, ice cream, yoghurt, confectionery such as chocolates, biscuits and sweets, as well as any other products containing milk from China as an ingredient," the agri-food and veterinary authority (AVA) said.
Retailers and importers have been told to recall these products.
AVA said its tests first found melamine in samples of Yili brand iced yoghurt, and then in the Dutch Lady brand of strawberry-flavoured milk.


http://nz.news.yahoo.com/a/-/world/5030284/13000-hospitalised-china-milk-scare/
 
The Chinese are just bad news.
You know what I was thinking? I gotta check if condoms are also Made in China. Heck, for the first time you might give your sexual partner lead poisoning!
 
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