The Chinese government is launching a nationwide registry aimed at keeping melamine out of the food supply and in the industrial sector, where the chemical is typically used for making plastic products.
China’s general office…
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Official Chinese media recently reported that the country will pour money into its food monitoring and risk assessment system technologies. This influx of money is meant to improve food safety in accordance with a food…
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This week Chinese scientists funded by the Chinese Ministry of Health announced in the peer-reviewed Talanta journal that they have developed a quick and simple color change test to detect melamine in milk products.
Scientists began working…
The recent seizure of 76 tons of melamine-tainted dairy products in China has again sparked concern over the country’s food safety system.
While it remains unclear whether the recently-seized dairy was left over from…
A Chinese state-run news agency reported the seizure of 76 tons of milk tainted with melamine. Some of the products carried over 550 times the legal limit of this toxin.
Food safety regulations in China…
Representatives from 130 countries attending the World Health Organization’s annual food safety meeting this week will discuss setting a global limit on how much melamine is allowed in food and animal feed.
Melamine contamination…
Three Shanghai Panda Dairy Co. executives faced trial this week for selling dairy products tainted with melamine, an industrial chemical used for economic adulteration which can also cause organ failure.
The executives faced trail in…
According to Chinese food safety officials, most of the 170 tons of melamine-tainted milk products, which had been repackaged and put back into commerce, have now been removed and destroyed.
“Due to early discovery and…
In the wake of another melamine milk recall and a recent food safety crackdown, China’s state council has set up a high-profile food safety commission to address the nation’s food regulatory problems.
Yesterday the Chinese…
As part of its ongoing effort to find and destroy any melamine-tainted milk remaining on the market, the Chinese government is recalling 170 tons of milk powder laced with the industrial chemical.
Officials announced…
