http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080916/ap_on_re_as/china_baby_formula_recall;_ylt=ApS.0Lzbj5jMhXddmYWZiFWs0NUE
China warns more may be sickened by tainted milk
BEIJING - China's Health Ministry warned Tuesday of a possible rise in the number of babies sickened by contaminated milk powder, which has already been linked to the deaths of two infants and illnesses in more than 1,200 others.
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The official Xinhua News Agency quoted the ministry as saying medical agencies were prepared for a "possibly rising" number of cases, with China setting up a "multi-level treatment system" for affected infants.
The company at the heart of the widening food scandal, Sanlu Group Co., apologized for the tainted milk powder, which the Health Ministry has said was spiked with the industrial chemical melamine.
The company said suppliers who sold the raw milk apparently added the chemical, normally used in plastics, to make the milk seem higher in protein
melamine...the same chemical that poisoned thousands of pets here in American...and someone thought it would be a good idea to taint milk for infant formula so they could make more money...I'm guessing.
Public Hanging would be too good for these people.
It makes me glad Elf was breastfed so formula problems were never and issue for us, but that is awful to do that. I hope no more babies get sick and the ones who have gotten sick are OK now.
I know, that is very scary that they put melamine in baby formula!! :crazyeyes: Maybe its their sick way to control the population?? :dontknow: Just a thought. I feel so awful for those poor babies and their families!!
Products like grains found in the dog foods go for a higher price if the protein measure is higher so if that reading can be artificially altered (by melamine in this case) they can get more money for the product. Of course it kills so it's really not a good thing to do, but that doesn't always matter to the ones doing it to make money.
According to this mornings news report, 63,000 babies have been affected by this. Can you imagine, 63,000!
We still get most everything from China so they will be sending more tainted good s over here I'm sure.Sad when the USA has to import almost everything from China.All is due to GREED,the Pet foods, baby formulas what next.
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