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FDA Sets Acceptable Melamine Levels For Baby Formula
Mommy, I'm hungry, can I have more melamine? Sure thing, sweetie, because the FDA established that 1 part per million of melamine in baby formula is cool, as long as an additional chemical isn't present. More »

7:42 AM on Tue Dec 2 2008
By Ben Popken
1,996 views, 55 comments
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FDA Detains All China Milk Products

Two months after vast quantities of milk from China were found to contain melamine, sickening 53,000 children and sending 13,000 to hospital, the FDA announced all Chinese milk imports will be stopped at the border until they're proven melamin-free.. While it's taken them a while to do this, banning entire categories of products from specific countries is a rare move, and it will have long-lasting impact. “It’s impossible to get off the alert list,” said Benjamin England, a former FDA lawyer. Unscrupulous food makers adulterate products with melamine because they fool testing equipment to make the product look high in protein. In spring '07, about two dozen pets died after eating pet food tainted with melamine.

F.D.A. Detains Chinese Imports for Testing [NYT] (Photo: amyadoyzie)

4:12 PM on Thu Nov 13 2008
By Ben Popken
1,416 views, 21 comments

Most discussed BluePlastic: I can't understand the thinking of the people who do this. Even if they don't care about people or more »
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Happy Halloween!

Happy Halloween! Have fun and safe trick-or-treating out there. Don't eat any Pirate's Gold foil-wrapped coins, they've been recalled for melamine!

(Photo: krodinjw)

8:29 PM on Fri Oct 31 2008
By Ben Popken
2,584 views, 8 comments
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Ben & Jerry's Ice Cream Set Is Inappropriately Proud Of Its Materials
The person in charge of the Ben & Jerry's gift shop in their Vermont factory might want to talk to someone about redesigning the packaging of this ice cream bowl and spoon set—"melamine" probably isn't the kind of word you want to position so prominently these days. More »

4:16 PM on Thu Oct 9 2008
By Chris Walters
10,378 views, 43 comments

Most discussed EarlNowak: Though Melamine (the chemical) is a poison which is used to adulterate milk products (because it fools standard tests into more »
FDA warns consumers not to drink instant coffee made in China because it may be tainted with melamine. They specifically mention one brand, the hilariously-unappetizing-souding Mr. Brown. [MSNBC]

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Um, don't eat those "White Rabbit" candies, they've got the melamine. [Gothamist]

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Did China Cover Up The Melamine Milk Scandal Because Of The Olympics?
The New York Times says that China's state-controlled media has admitted that "one of China’s biggest dairy producers received consumer complaints about its baby milk formula as early as December 2007 — much earlier than previously thought and nine months before the producer ordered a nationwide recall because of concerns that the formula had been adulterated with a toxic industrial chemical." More »

4:10 PM on Tue Sep 23 2008
By Meg Marco
2,975 views, 19 comments

Most discussed changed my name: Of course they did - this is the same country who had a little girl lip-synch at the opening ceremonies more »
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Melamine Tainted Dairy Products Sicken 53,000 Children, Nearly 13,000 Hospitalized
China's chief quality supervisor was replaced today as the total number of children sickened from dairy products tainted with melamine (the same substance that was found in contaminated pet food last year) grew to 53,000. Nearly 13,000 children have been hospitalized and 4 have died. Products manufactured by 22 companies were found to contain melamine, says Bloomberg. More »

2:05 PM on Mon Sep 22 2008
By Meg Marco
3,889 views, 39 comments

Most discussed blackmage439: Well, now that the country has received a bit of their own "medicine" (Chinese medicine is likely to be tainted. more »
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10,000 Babies May Have Consumed Poison Milk
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. More »

7:15 PM on Mon Sep 15 2008
By Carey
6,539 views, 55 comments

Most discussed PhoenixLE: To say this isn't shocking in China is horrible. People there care as much about the health of their more »
Keep Your Eye On $24 Million Recalled Pet Food Class Action

If you bought, or your pet ate, pet food recalled after March 17, 2007, keep tabs on this $24 million settlement. This would be the pet food purposely cut with melamine, a (poisonous) byproduct of coal production, because it made the food look it was higher in protein and was cheaper than actual protein. The case is called Re: Pet Food Products Liability Litigation, MDL Docket No. 1850, Civil Action No. 07-2867 (NLH). The final hearing is on October 14, 2008. The final date for submitting a claim form will be November 24, 2008. To see if you're eligible, check the list of recalled products affected by the settlement (PDF). Food by Nestle-Purina, Royal Canin, Sierra Pet products, Chenangono Valley Pet Food, CJ Foods, Diamond Pet Food, Hill's, American Nutrition, and Del Monte are on the list. Claim forms and more can be found at PetFoodSettlement.com.

PREVIOUSLY: Pet Food Companies Agree To $24 Million Settlement Over Killer Pet Food
(Photo: Ariana Lindquist)

11:32 AM on Thu Jul 10 2008
By Ben Popken
2,794 views, 10 comments

Latest by Trai_Dep: @scoosdad: So the lawsuit amount should have been exponentially higher, I'd presume? If less that three companies aren't forced to declare more »

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