http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/toxicchina/ en-us Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:47:24 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097420/posts Melamine Found in Chocolate Products From China South Korea's food watchdog has detected quantities of melamine, an industrial chemical, in chocolate products from foodstuff giants Nestle SA, Mars Inc. and South Korea's Lotte that were manufactured in China, Yonhap News reported Saturday. The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said 2.38 parts per million (ppm) and 1.78 ppm of the toxic substance was discovered in samples of M&M's Milk and Peanut Snickers Fun Size products, respectively, from Mars Korea. A Kit Kat bar from Nestle Korea was also found to contain 2.89 ppm of melamine, the agency said. The... Korea Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2097420/posts#comment Sat, 4 Oct 2008 15:47:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093014/posts Cadbury recall all chocolate made in China over fears it may contain contaminated milk British chocolate giant Cadbury today ordered a recall of its Chinese-made products after revealing tests have ‘cast doubt’ on its safety. It is feared the sweets could contain melamine-laced milk, which has been blamed for killing four children in China and making around 50,000 ill. The 11 recalled confectionery items - made at Cadbury's factory in Beijing - are distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia. Doubts: 11 products distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong and Australia were recalled ....Authorities say suppliers might have added melamine, which... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2093014/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:08:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092985/posts WASHINGTON - U.S. regulators warned the public on Friday not to consume seven Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products that were made in China because of concerns they may be contaminated with melamine. The Food and Drug Administration said the products were recalled by King Car Food Industrial Co Ltd "due to possible contamination with melamine." MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2092985/posts#comment Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:22:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2092004/posts A Burlingame company is recalling a candy product after the California Department of Public Health warned consumers Friday of a harmful chemical compound detected in some candies. White Rabbit Candy, sold by the Burlingame-based Queensway Foods Company, is being recalled after testing detected the presence of melamine in some candies at levels up to 520 parts per million, according to the department of public health. The candy was produced by China, which has been associated with contaminated infant formula and other milk protein products containing melamine. The harmful compound has also been associated with a large recall of pet food,... CBS5 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2092004/posts#comment Sat, 27 Sep 2008 22:23:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090422/posts Two baby orang-utans and a lion cub have become the latest victims of China's contaminated milk crisis. The animals, at at Hangzhou Zoo near Shanghai, developed kidney stones after being fed milk powder tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. bbc. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2090422/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:12:37 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089944/posts Australia and New Zealand issued recalls Thursday for an imported Chinese candy that was found to contain the industrial chemical melamine. New Zealand Food Safety Authority spokesman Geoff Allen said Thursday morning that he expected the White Rabbit Creamy Candies to be off shelves within 24 hours. "This product contains sufficiently high levels of melamine which may, in some individuals, cause health problems such as kidney stones," deputy chief executive Sandra Daly said in a statement posted Wednesday on the agency's Web site. "The levels we have found in these products are unacceptable." International Herald Tribune http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089944/posts#comment Thu, 25 Sep 2008 04:28:04 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089093/posts China's Tainted Food Products Only Harm the Average People, High-Ranking Officials Have Their Own Specially-Supplied Food Sources By Sep 20, 2008 - 7:22:49 PM China's Tainted Food Products Only Harm the Average People, High-Ranking Officials Have Their Own Specially-Supplied Food Sources While China's food security crisis has resulted in Chinese people fearing that nothing is safe to eat, a source has revealed that China has always had one special source of food and supply network: that which serves national Communist Party and government officials. This food is specially produced, transported, and examined, according to especially strict standards. On August 18,... Boxun http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2089093/posts#comment Wed, 24 Sep 2008 05:20:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088430/posts Melamine in pesticides, human food chain - experts HONG KONG, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Melamine, a chemical that has tainted milk formula and made thousands of Chinese children ill, is used as an agricultural pesticide in China and may have been part of our food chain for a long time, experts said on Tuesday. Chan King-ming, associate professor of biochemistry at the Chinese University, said cyromazine, a derivative of melamine, was very commonly used in China as a pesticide. "It is absorbed into plants as melamine ... of course it is already in our food chain and animal feed," Chan... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2088430/posts#comment Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:25:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086117/posts CHINA'S poisoned milk disaster widened yesterday, with the Government's food safety agency announcing that 10 per cent of the liquid milk it has tested is contaminated, as well as 14 per cent of the baby formula. Hong Kong's food watchdog has also discovered pollutants in Chinese ice cream and yoghurt. China's whole food chain appears to be under some threat of contamination as a result, with tests now being extended to animal feed. A team of 31 lawyers operating in 14 provinces and cities of China yesterday offered to represent for free the parents of sick babies in legal actions... The Australian http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2086117/posts#comment Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:58:13 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999846/posts FUNTASTIC is recalling about 26,000 sets of "Hillbilly Teeth." The gray surface paint on the teeth contains excessive levels of lead, violating the federal lead paint standard. This recall involves a 2-pack fake Hillbilly Teeth with item # 2657. The item number is printed on the packaging. The gums are brown and the teeth are yellow. The false teeth were sold at grocery, drug, convenience, and mass retailers nationwide from March 2005 through March 2008 for about $2. They were made in China. Consumers should immediately take the recalled toy away from children and contact FUNTASTIC for information on receiving... Consumer Affairs http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1999846/posts#comment Fri, 11 Apr 2008 01:38:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982889/posts Thousands of pet cats in Beijing are being abandoned by their owners and sent to die in secretive government pounds as China mounts an aggressive drive to clean up the capital in preparation for the Olympic Games. Hundreds of cats a day are being rounded and crammed into cages so small they cannot even turn around. Then they are trucked to what animal welfare groups describe as death camps on the edges of the city. The cull comes in the wake of a government campaign warning of the diseases cats carry and ordering residents to help clear the streets of... Daily Mail http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982889/posts#comment Sun, 9 Mar 2008 16:12:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983045/posts (SEOUL) - South Korea closed schools on Monday and its factories producing memory chips stepped up safeguards, as a choking pall of sand mixed with toxic dust from China covered most of the country and other parts of Asia. The annual "yellow dust" spring storms, which originate in China's Gobi Desert before sweeping south to envelop the Korean peninsula and parts of Japan, are blamed for scores of deaths and billions of dollars in damage every year in South Korea. It issued a yellow dust warning at the weekend. On Monday, school districts in southeastern regions urged parents to keep... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1983045/posts#comment Mon, 10 Mar 2008 00:48:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982309/posts When ordering seafood, many of Russell Hohnerlein's customers have the same question: Where did it come from? Hohnerlein, manager of The 4th of May at 444 Ocean Blvd, St. Simons Island, never has to check a daily serve list to answer. "All our seafood is local. Always," he said. Should Sen. Ronnie Chance, R- Fayette, have his way, Hohnerlein won't have to field this question much longer. The answer will be visible to the eye – right there on the menu. Senate Bill 533, introduced by Chance Wednesday, would require restaurant menus to carry a label on all seafood items... The Brunswick News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1982309/posts#comment Sat, 8 Mar 2008 03:48:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976383/posts WASHINGTON – While China continues to promise to impose higher safety standards on exports, a WND study shows two of every three products recalled by the Consumer Product Safety Commission last year were Chinese imports – with an upward trend of defective, unsafe products found in every quarter of 2007. The CPSC recalled a total of 447 products for safety concerns last year. Of those, 298 were manufactured in China. Only 62 were made in the USA. The rest were made in other countries. In 2006, the CPSC recalled a total of 467 kinds of products – 221 of which... WorldNetDaily.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1976383/posts#comment Tue, 26 Feb 2008 11:23:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974909/posts China investigates exporter of 'contaminated eel' (Xinhua) Updated: 2008-02-22 14:41 BEIJING -- China and the Republic of Korea are to jointly investigate how Chinese frozen eel exports came to contain carcinogenic malachite green, a fungicide banned in food production in China, according to a statement from China's quality watchdog on Friday. Chinese investigators had found no information about the producer, identified by the Republic of Korea media as Jiangxi Yichun Eel Industry Development Co. Ltd, said the statement from the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (GAQSIQ). The producer had not registered with China's import and export inspection... China Daily http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974909/posts#comment Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:14:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973902/posts Last Updated: Thursday, 21 February 2008, 11:21 GMT US to take own food to Olympics By James Reynolds BBC News, Beijing China's Olympic food China has expressed regret that the US has decided not to trust its food during this summer's Olympic Games. The US delegation has said it is planning to bring its own food for American athletes. At a news conference in Beijing, a senior official, Kang Yi, said it was a pity that the US had apparently decided not to trust China's food. Ms Kang insisted that the food served to athletes at the Olympics would exceed... BBC.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1973902/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:03:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974075/posts China has expressed regret that the US has decided not to trust its food during this summer's Olympic Games. The US delegation has said it is planning to bring its own food for American athletes. At a news conference in Beijing, a senior official, Kang Yi, said it was a pity that the US had apparently decided not to trust China's food. Ms Kang insisted that the food served to athletes at the Olympics would exceed international health standards. For China, a good Olympic Games means cheering spectators, record-breaking performances and athletes and fans all sitting down to enjoy some... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1974075/posts#comment Thu, 21 Feb 2008 19:31:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969902/posts The blood thinner drug Heparin has been put on hold by Baxter, as the multiple-dose vials were found to cause severe reactions in patients. Patients were seen having severe reactions to the drug Heparin which include vomiting, dropping blood pressure to the point where they can go into shock, and more. The FDA stated that they were going to review Heparin further. There have been four reported deaths from Heparin in the multi-dose vials thus far. The FDA stated that the only issues came with the high dose vials of Heparin. The lower dose Heparin patients did not see nearly... eCanada Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969902/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 22:27:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969589/posts Several months ago when the news broke about poisonous pet food and lead-laden toys from China, I asked my local pharmacy to give me a letter stating it is not selling me any prescription drugs imported from China. The reply was, "We don't buy any drugs from China." I said, "I know you don't, but I want you to check with your suppliers and verify that they don't buy from China." That request was met by thunderous silence. Now we know why. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) reported that 80 percent of the drug substances used by U.S. manufacturers to... Eagle Forum http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969589/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 13:06:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969427/posts WASHINGTON (AFP) - US grocery chain Trader Joe's said Monday it would stop selling food imported from China due to customers' concerns about the products' safety. "Our customers have voiced concerns about products from this region and we have listened," Trader Joe's spokeswoman Alison Mochizuki said in a statement. "All single ingredient food items sourced from mainland China are scheduled to be out of our stores by April 1," she said. "We will continue to source products from other regions until our customers feel as confident as we do about the quality and safety of Chinese products." Yahoo News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969427/posts#comment Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:29:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967876/posts (COLORADO SPRINGS) — When a caterer working for the United States Olympic Committee went to a supermarket in China last year, he encountered a piece of chicken — half of a breast — that measured 14 inches. “Enough to feed a family of eight,” said Frank Puleo, a caterer from Staten Island who has traveled to China to handle food-related issues. “We had it tested and it was so full of steroids that we never could have given it to athletes. They all would have tested positive.” In preparing to take a delegation of more than 600 athletes to the... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1967876/posts#comment Sun, 10 Feb 2008 02:45:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963023/posts BEIJING — A huge state-owned Chinese pharmaceutical company that exports to dozens of countries, including the United States, is at the center of a nationwide drug scandal after nearly 200 Chinese cancer patients were paralyzed or otherwise harmed last summer by contaminated leukemia drugs. Chinese drug regulators have accused the manufacturer of the tainted drugs of a cover-up and have closed the factory that produced them. In December, China’s Food and Drug Administration said that the Shanghai police had begun a criminal investigation and that two officials, including the head of the plant, had been detained. The drug maker, Shanghai... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1963023/posts#comment Fri, 1 Feb 2008 04:24:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939766/posts (FUQING, China) — Here in southern China, beneath the looming mountains of Fujian Province, lie dozens of enormous ponds filled with murky brown water and teeming with eels, shrimp and tilapia, much of it destined for markets in Japan and the West. Fuqing is one of the centers of a booming industry that over two decades has transformed this country into the biggest producer and exporter of seafood in the world, and the fastest-growing supplier to the United States. But that growth is threatened by the two most glaring environmental weaknesses in China: acute water shortages and water supplies contaminated... The New York Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939766/posts#comment Sat, 15 Dec 2007 04:11:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939184/posts Dollar Tree announced Thursday the recall of about 300,000 toys. (A previous version of this story incorrectly listed Dollar General as an affected retailer.) They include bead and wire toys for babies and Speed Race Pull Back and Go Action cars. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission said that the toys, which were made in China, have high levels of lead that violate federal paint standards. There were no reports of injuries. One group of toys has colored beads that slide on wires attached to a natural wood platform. They have item number 903419 and date code 71 printed on... WKMG TV NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1939184/posts#comment Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:34:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936577/posts (BEIJING)--The medicine cabinet in the average U.S. home is filling with drugs made in China, and some experts say that could be a prescription for trouble. China’s booming pharmaceutical industry has doubled exports to the United States in the past five years, undercutting competitors and making American consumers reliant on the safety of Chinese factories and captive to any disruptions in Sino-U.S. commerce. It might seem like merely a trade issue. But industry experts in Europe and the United States say that national security concerns are edging into the debate. Consider this scenario: If a major anthrax attack were to... The Kansas City Star http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1936577/posts#comment Sat, 8 Dec 2007 12:53:10 GMT