China, The Gift, That Keeps on Giving! (Random Thoughts)
More cheery news from mainland China! Apparently the victims of poison Chinese milk has doubled to over 90,000, and that's just within China itself. God only knows what other countries will be affected by their tainted products. But even more troubling is the Chinese government's reaction to the problem.
But as part of an ongoing effort to restore confidence in the "made in China" brand, the government on Wednesday also released new dairy safety standards, that set limits on melamine, a cheap industrial chemical that can be used to cheat quality checks.
The limits set by the Ministry of Health's new standards are one milligram of melamine per kilogram for infant formula, 2.5 milligrams per kilogram for liquid milk, milk powder and food products containing at least 15 percent milk.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said earlier this month that no amount of melamine is safe in baby formula, but China said it has set levels low enough to protect its people's health.
Are you kidding me? Isn't it time we severely limit, if not eliminate our imports from China? I'm just sayin'!
Posted by marleed at 22:08 2008-10-08 | Trackbacks (0) | Comments (0)
