"The latest problematic foods were Heinz baby cereal.... Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Heinz ordered a recall of the baby cereal as a precautionary measure.... Hundreds of international food companies have set up operations in China... exposing them to the country's notorious product safety problems."
So AMERICAN KIDS are going to be at risk?!!
"China tainted-milk scandal includes baby cereal, snacks; Japan, Taiwan, Hong Kong report links" by Anita Chang, Associated Press | September 27, 2008
BEIJING - The list of products caught in China's tainted milk scandal grew yesterday to include baby cereal in Hong Kong and snack foods in Japan, while Taiwan reported three children and a mother with kidney stones in the island's first cases possibly linked to the crisis.
The Japanese government also said it had suspended imports of milk and milk products from China, where some 54,000 children have developed kidney stones or other illnesses after drinking baby formula contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine. Four deaths have been blamed on the tainted milk.
The latest problematic foods were Heinz baby cereal and Silang House steamed potato wasabi crackers. The Hong Kong government said in a statement yesterday it found traces of melamine in the products, which were both made in mainland China.
Hong Kong urged the manufacturers to stop selling the products in the Chinese territory. Pittsburgh, Pa.-based Heinz ordered a recall of the baby cereal as a precautionary measure following the government's announcement, it said in a statement on its website.
Hundreds of international food companies have set up operations in China in recent years, exposing them to the country's notorious product safety problems. Melamine-tainted products have turned up in an increasing number of Chinese-made exports abroad - from candies to yogurt to rice balls. Still, the World Health Organization said it did not expect the number of victims to grow dramatically.
You would think they would be rushing help nand raising alarm bells
WHO China representative Hans Troedsson said public awareness of the issue meant many young children were getting health checks and avoiding tainted products:
"I think we will see some more cases, but not the high number like so far. I think the recall and more thorough investigation and testing are now starting to eliminate some of these contaminated products from coming out to the public."The WHO is as BAD as the FDA!!!!
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