Would you like urine, skin or melamine in your milk?

[Betty]

I'm sure you've heard the news story about the melamine being found in baby formula in China. Very sad. They're now saying 53,000 children have been sickened from the addition of the plastic melemine to the milk which, somehow, increases the protein level.

This would be the same melemine that killed many pets in the USA when it was added to dog food from china.

The chemical, a byproduct of plastic manufacturing, can be used to mimic high-protein additives. Learn more about the chemical melamine »

A senior dairy analyst said Chinese farmers were cutting corners to cope with rising costs for feed and labor.


"Before the melamine incident, I know they could have been adding organic stuff, say animal urine or skin," Chen Lianfang of Beijing Orient Agribusiness Consultant told Time.

"Basically, anything that can boost the protein reading."

ew ew ewwwwwwwwww.

Another article indicated that the problem is not just in the formula, but in liquid milk and it's spread outside of china in other products that contain dairy ingredients.

I'm thinking now is a good time to check food labels and avoid things from China whether they have dairy or not. Sounds like they were allowed to add urine and skin because it was organic.

I realize that this is probably where I start to learn about all the icky things that are in the food I eat everyday and terribly grossed out by it. Let's hope our food supply is on better ground then China's seems to be though.

Nestle was mentioned in the article as well - but they commented they are very sure their products are safe.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapc...rss_topstories