Recently there are a lots of news and controversy regarding melamine contaminated dairy products from China. Personally, I am not familiar with chemistry, but roughly from what I have read regarding this harmful chemical, the main consequences of over-intake is the production of kidney stone. I will like to warn my dear readers about this. Please be careful when you buy any imported food and read the food label before you purchase (it is another good consumer habit which is always being ignored) because the affected food is not only including milk products but currently, it also involves vegetables! Look at the news from Bernama:
KOTA KINABALU: The Health Ministry is now on high alert over melamine-tainted vegetables imported from China.
“We have learnt from South Korea that they have detected a high level of melamine in vegetables they import from China,” said Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai.
“We have launched a Level 4 check on all food products from China where we will take samples to ensure the products are safe for consumption before releasing them into the market,” he told reporters Saturday after attending the Sabah MCA convention here.
Liow assured that melamine-tainted food products in the country were at the permissible level of 2.5 parts per million (ppm), whilst baby products contained one ppm.
- The Star Online, October 4th, 2008
Waw, no more safety for vegetarian? Well, a good warning for any vegetarian, including me. Frankly speaking, will this serves as one of the obstacles for World Vegetarian Awareness Month campaign by North American Vegetarian Society?
Anyway, it is time that China shall reexamine their product quality level, especially the food that we consume everyday and affects our health both in short term and long term.
“We have learnt from South Korea that they have detected a high level of melamine in vegetables they import from China,” said Health Minister Datuk Liow Tiong Lai.
“We have launched a Level 4 check on all food products from China where we will take samples to ensure the products are safe for consumption before releasing them into the market,” he told reporters Saturday after attending the Sabah MCA convention here.
Liow assured that melamine-tainted food products in the country were at the permissible level of 2.5 parts per million (ppm), whilst baby products contained one ppm.
- The Star Online, October 4th, 2008
Waw, no more safety for vegetarian? Well, a good warning for any vegetarian, including me. Frankly speaking, will this serves as one of the obstacles for World Vegetarian Awareness Month campaign by North American Vegetarian Society?
Anyway, it is time that China shall reexamine their product quality level, especially the food that we consume everyday and affects our health both in short term and long term.
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