China’s recent poisonous milk scandal has made people familiar with the dangers of melamine consumption.
A Chinese agency report indicates that one Sanlu product had a melamine content 2500 times the FDA safe level.
Many hundreds of parents have requested a group of volunteer attorneys to file a class action lawsuit against the Sanlu Group for their children victims hospital bills and associated costs. The Volunteer lawyers are being pressured by provincial officials and local legal associations to withdraw from this effort.
Officials, leery of China's food safety system, admit possibility of contaminated imports - despite FDA advisory
Chinese safety officials drink milk in public to convince Chinese residents melamine scare is over.
Medical tests conducted on infants consuming melamine-tainted milk formula in Hebei Province confirmed that there are 15,838 cases of infants who have kidney stones, according to a report issued the Health Bureau in Hebei province, China.
Food labeled as made in the U.S.A. could contain tainted ingredients from China. Amid recent concerns over the safety of food products from China, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says it has stepped up efforts to increase screening imports. The screening applies only to food products, and not to raw ingredients.
Chinese media now reports that melamine has also been found in vegetables throughout the country.
22-month-old baby dies from tainted Sanlu baby formula in Sichuan Province.
The processor/distributor of tainted milk products from China, Sanlu Group, faces possible bankruptcy as the regime and banks freeze accounts, and hospitals, victims and retailers demand compensation.