Food Recalls FDA to Detain Milk Products From China

Chinese products that contain milk will be detained at the U.S. border unless tests show they are not contaminated, reports The New York Times.

The new Food and Drug Administration Watch List is a belated effort to get a handle on Chinese products containing the industrial chemical melamine, which has sickened 50,000 infants and killed at least four.

While the contamination has not been widespread in the United States, melamine has been found in products ranging from nondairy creamer to instant coffee. More worrisome: China ships milk-produced supplements, protein powders and shakes, which may be covered under the new rules, to the United States.

The new restrictions are expected to cause problems at U.S. ports, which move huge quantities of Chinese products. The new rules do not apply to egg and fish products, which are derived from animals often fed melamine-laced feed.

Additional:

• Toxic Chemical Is Found in Fish Feed in Hong Kong
• China Company Admits Presence of Melamine

Comments

[Grace]

This is just another reason to buy local items in their most raw state. [sigh]

[Summer]

I blame wal*mart and other large retailers. Because to sell cheaper products and get more of the market, they went with cheaper produced products from a country that isn't properly regulated, rather then safer, but more expensive American or European products (though there are issues with those countries regulations too).

Plus, all those brilliant people who just bought whatever was on the shelf, without thinking or checking or even reading the ingredients list. Lead paint, now this melamine thing. What else have we been poisoned with over the years? It's a scary thought.

I agree with Grace. For once, I think I will say, I miss the old days. Back when people cooked and knew what was in their food and made things at home or bought them from someone they knew. Globalization is killing our children. That's scary stuff.

[brettdl]

Grace: Not in Arizona. There isn't enough local to go around!

Summer: Yeah, I totally agree. What good are all our fancy toys and gadgets if we're eating plastic and lead?