Still many food product contain melamine

[Robbien]

Source: The Jakarta Post

As many as 10 of 28 food products imported from China contain by poisonous melamine material, a laboratory test by the Indonesia Consumers Foundation and University of Indonesia revealed on Wednesday.

"We discovered that 10 of 28 products or 36 percent were contaminated with melamine, this means many products in Indonesia may contain melamine," the head of the foundation, Husna Zahir told reporters o in Jakarta on Wednesday.

Among these poison food products are Kino Bear Chocolate Crispy, Yake Assorted Candies, F&N Sweetened Dairy Cream, and Dutch Mill Yogurt Drink Natural.

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"We did the laboratory test to satisfy public’s concern. This is an independent test to assure the public that products in the markets are free from hazardous materials," Husna added.

Read more: http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/03/04/still-many-food-product-contain-melamine-ylki.html

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Since it is widely known the US doesn't test its food imports, it is reasonable to assume the melamine situation is the same here.

[Vilis Veritas]

1. I'll state the obvious...Don't buy food made in China.

Eat Local if you can, your body will thank you...

Unfortunately, cheap food may become the standard purchase of many Americans.

[mamameow]

3. how do you know?

how do you know what ingredients that were used in the end product, were not from china? this is what happened to pet foods. made in the u.s.a. does not mean all ingredients are u.s.a. made. we need to go after our leaders to start testing products made outside u.s. or list what country each ingredient came from. what a great pathway for our enemies!!!!!!!

[Vilis Veritas]

4. Allow me to clarify my statement, it was unclear...

By buying locally produced fresh food grown using organic practices you can minimize your exposure to toxins and maximize nutritional value.

As far as testing goes, of course we need more testing but until that time, I stand by my statements. Buy local and buy fresh. Products that have been processed are not trustworthy unless they are produced locally and ingredient sources are well documented and open to scrutiny.

Vilis Veritas

[AndyTiedye]

8. Kind of Hard to Do That When It is Out of Season

and home canning often goes wrong too.

[Vilis Veritas]

9. Point taken.

While I do understand that some food made in the US is made with ingredients from China, my original statement does not change.

Do not buy food MADE in China.

All in all, in our household we merely try and MINIMIZE risk and try not to worry to much about the things we can not control. Stress is almost as bad for your health as poor nutrition.

Life without risk is impossible...

Peace

[no_hypocrisy]

10. I'm with you.

I know a guy who does business with a food distributor who makes no bones about how his company imports canned goods (mostly fruits and vegetables) from China and they rip off the labels from China and replace them with new ones with no reference to the country of origin and packing.

[ecalmosthuman]

2. Oh come on...

...is the headline for this post SUPPOSED to be a joke about Chinese products?

[JuniperLea]

6. If you click on the link

You will find that that is the actual headline of the piece. Weird.

[BumRushDaShow]

5. "Since it is widely known the US doesn't test its food imports..."

They are tested, but only fractionally. Not enough staff to do it and the endless promises of really truly funding the FDA (including Dingell's nonsensical food-related user fee bills that never get out of committee), fall by the wayside when the next shiny object grabs the attention of Congress. If the exhorbitant level of appropriations normally given to the USDA to do 20% of the food, were reversed and given to the FDA, which does 80% of the food, then maybe that would be a start.

[Deja Q]

7. Way to build an empire, so the elite say...

(not a pro-human one anyway -- WWJD?)