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For the information of those who don’t have the luxury to watch television, read the newspaper or hear news on the radio, the Chinese government are now recalling and stopping all exportation and recalling certain products with milk because of the findings that those products contained the chemical Melamine.

 

Scientifically speaking, Melamine is being used with formaldehyde to produce very durable plastic. Actually, we do have some plastic saucer and plate in our house and Melamine was indicated on the back portion, meaning it was made from Melamine. So, how in the world is this chemical being used to make plastic is also the same compound being used in producing milk to be consumed by babies and adults alike?!

 

According to one source, this chemical is sometimes illegally added to food products because of its high-protein content. Also, it was said that it is non-toxic if induce in low content, but if it was combined with a certain cyanuric acid, then it could be fatal kidney stones because its protein content cannot be absorb by the body.

 

Before the scandal in milk in China, there was a previous animal feed recall last 2007, and the source of this was some traces melamine in pet food.

 

The scandal now involving milk and infant formula from China with Melamine content infamously gained worldwide attention. There were reportedly 53,000 people that became ill and four infant deaths already.

 

It was said that Melamine was added after water to increase it’s milk volume. This indicated a false increase in protein and nitrogen levels in the milk.

 

I received an email regarding the current news about the products that has milk contents from China. This explained how you can be sure that will not be fooled in buying milk goods from China. You will need to check the first 3 digits on the bar code.

 

If you see the bar code starting of with 690, 691 or 692, then definitely it was made in China.

 

If you see 471, then it was made in Taiwan, and it is safe to consume.

 

Everyone must be aware and vigilant about this. Some businessman will still try to fool people in order to get good profits in the expense of the health of their buyers.

 

I also received another email in regards to the updated list of milk products that were tested by the Bureau of foods and Drugs (BFAD) a branch of the Department of Health (DOH) in the Philippines.

 

Here is the excerpt of the email:

 

Department of Health (DOH) released a statement earlier today (October 3, 2008) that of the 30 milk brands that were already tested by Bureau of Food and Drugs (BFAD), two are only positive as containing melamine. Two brands are GREENFOOD YILI FRESH MILK and MENGNIU DRINK which have labels written in Chinese characters.

 

Here is the partial list of other products which are were found NEGATIVE for melamine content (total of 28 products):

 

Anchor Lite Milk
Anlene High Calcium, Low Fat Milk
Bear Brand Instant
Chic Choc Milk Chocolate
Farmland Skim Milk
Jinwei Drink
Jolly Cow Pure Fresh Milk
Kiddie Soya Milk Egg Delight
Lactogen 1 DHA Infant Formula
M&M Milk Chocolate Candy
M&M Peanut Chocolate Candy
Milk Boy
Nestagen 2 DHA Follow-up Formula
Nestagen 3 DHA Follow-up Formula
Nido 3 Plus Pre-bio with DHA
Nido Full Cream Milk Powder
Nido Junior
No Sugar Chocolate of Isomalt 2 Oligosaccharide (cocoa butter substitute)
Nutri Express Milk Drink
Pura Fresh Milk
Snickers (roasted in caramel nogut in thick milk chocolate)
Vitasoy Soya Milk Drink
Wahaha Orange
Wahaha Yellow
Want Want Milk Drink
Windmill Skim Milk Powder
Yinlu Milk Peanut
Yogi Yogurt Flavor Milk Drink

 

Complete list will be released by BFAD on Tuesday, October 7.