Milk and Melamine
The U.S. FDA is blocking the import of all milk products from China.
Not just milk, but “milk-derived ingredients and finished food products containing milk from China due to the presence of melamine and/or melamine analogs”.
By 22 September, nearly 53,000 people had become ill, with more than 12,800 hospitalizations and four infant deaths.
Okay. But, first of all, what is Melamine? We know they have put it
in milk products, but what is it actually?? Here is the exhaustive Wikipedia definition.The Chineese companies put melamine into our pet food (causing serious illness or death), and also in our feed stock. Why? Melamine may have been added to fool government protein content tests. Because of melamine’s high nitrogen content (66% by mass versus approx. 10-12% for typical protein), it can cause the protein content of food to appear higher than the true value.
Officials estimate that about 20 percent of the dairy companies tested in China sell products tainted with melamine.
For these companies, melamine allows them to sell cheaper product. They just add in more filler in the dog food (or formula for babies), or more water in their milk. Just sprinkle in a little melamine and it appears as if its normal.
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