Hey, recall the post I wrote regarding the baby shop? The one where I wasn't completetly convinced all the products were for me?
Well, in case you haven't been following news of China, here's a tidbit.
There's a big thing being reported, where baby formula has been tainted with melamine. The most recent news from today cite 3 dead babies, over 6200 sick and (from yesterdays news) more than 50 babies in critical condition. Among these are over 150 cases of acute kidney failure
A probe was launched to find out the extent of the problem and it appears that approximately 20% of the companies providing formula are involved. China's largest dairy announced a product recall too.
Want to guess why they would add melamine? They likely used melamine to make the milk appear higher in proteine content. Yeah, that's right, it's most likely not an accident you find a chemical used in the plastic industry in baby milk here in China.
The previous formula-scare is from 2004, when 13 babies died of malnutrition, as the formula was fake and contained no nutrients. Let's see how big the numbers get this time.
Sorry for not posting about Finland, but I'll upload a few choice pics once I get them organized.
EDITED- Sorry. It's the 150 babies hospitalized and over 6200 sick, they are not all in hospitals.
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I'd say its a business opportunity to Valio...
ReplyDeleteToo bad the Chinese import notoriously few goods, especially foodstuffs. You might find a few imports in large chain markets but not in smaller shops (which most use here.) Oh, todays news reported the fourth casualty, I hope there won't be too many more.
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