Milk Powder
Remember
melamine, last year's pet-killing poison? It's back with a vengeance, and this year it wants Chinese babies. As many as 10,000 may have consumed melamine-laced milk powder, according to authorities. Even worse, a New Zealand company detected the poison weeks ago but couldn't convince local officials to issue a recall. Only after New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark demanded action did the Chinese recall the death milk.
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food safety
Investigators from the House Energy and Commerce Committee spent two weeks snooping around
China and probably haven't eaten since. Their investigation revealed a tattered regulatory framework, unable to protect Chinese citizens, let alone foreigners. Among the disturbing facts uncovered:
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chinese poison train
China's General Administration for Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ)
blamed Mattel for the recent lead contamination of nearly 1 million toys, saying that the toy maker did not adequately supervise their suppliers. Mattel's oversight safeguards are widely regarded as the "
gold standard" for manufacturing in China. From the LA Times:
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Consumerist
