News tagged with 'Melamine'

In 2007, more than 150 brands of dog and cat food were recalled after pets suffered kidney failure. Tuesday, two Nevada importers pled guilty to distributing melamine as a substitute for gluten, a protein.  They are facing fines and prison time. 

The FDA may have installed three food safety offices in China, but that doesn't alter the way that country is dealing with the melamine scandal. Two men were sentenced to death for their role in contaminating milk for infants that led to the death of six children. Two women are facing life in prison.

The former board chairwoman of a Chinese dairy company went on trial over a tainted milk scandal that killed six children and made nearly 300,000 more ill on Wednesday. Tian and three other executives may face the maximum penalty of death for producing and selling contaminated baby formula.

Just in time for the holidays- Hot Chocolate that should not be consumed. Be sure to read whether your brand is on the recall list because of the industrial chemical, melamine. 

The FDA opened its first food safety office in China today with two more to follow. The offices will oversee $2 trillion in exports of food and drugs to the U.S. The trick will be to find a third party verifyer to certify the products before they are shipped.

An FDA alert has been issued on all milk products from China. They now must be checked before coming into the U.S. for the presence of melamine.  The FDA says there are no products in the U.S. but this represents increased security.

The FDA is looking out for any candy with milk chocolate from China after melamine contamination was uncovered last month in milk products. Canada has found melamine in chocolate gold pirate coins, the U.S. has not, but urges consumers to watch out for specific foods and candies from China.

The milk contamination scandal in China has now been found in Cadbury Chocolates made in Beijing. US candy makers say they don't use milk products from China for US distribution, but they are recalling candies off the shelves in Asia. 

Two arrests have been made and 19 people are detained in China after it's alleged that they added the chemical melamine to milk at a processing facility. Toxic baby formula has now killed 2 infants and hundreds are sickened. The FDA warns parents in the U.S. not to feed formula from China to infants.

In China, a leading baby formula is found to be tainted with melamine, the same byproduct of plastic production that contaminated pet food in this country.  China does not send formula or raw ingredients into U.S. made brands, but some still find their way to the U.S. market.