China Syndrome: Now it's Baby Food from China [again]. If you have a baby, know a baby, or use formula; Please read this.

[Update] The number of babies who have been diagnosed with kidney stones due to the banned chemical melamine has reached 430, there has been one death.

[John K. Matyi] The real China syndrome today deals with products manufactured in China, or products manufactured here that use ingredients from China. It's not about Nuclear plants blowing up. On the news this morning it was reported that 50 babies had been diagnosed with kidney stones (common with melamine, the cats and dogs that died had complete kidney failure). they had consumed baby formula tainted with melamine. If you read nothing else in this post read this:

The official Xinhua news agency cited Zhao Xinchao, the vice mayor of Shijiazhuang in Hebei province, where Sanlu is based, as saying that police have already questioned 78 people, including dairy farmers and milk dealers. The police suspect that some of them may have diluted milk with water so as to increase the total volume for sale to Sanlu, and then added melamine to disguise the dilution, Mr. Zhao told the news agency.


Remember melamine? Remember last year when cats and dogs all over the US were getting sick due to wheat gluten from China, used in the manufacturing of pet foods, that had been 'tainted' with a chemical to falsely indicate a higher protein level? That's the same chemical.

I saw this reported on the Fox and Friends show this morning about six AM. I immediately called my daughter to find out what formula she was using. She gave me the name and I made some calls. She was buying a product at Wal-Mart that was manufactured by PBM Products, Georgia, VT. I called the manufacturing plant and they gave me the phone number for their corporate offices. I talked to a very nice woman there who informed me that they were being inundated with phone calls on this issue. She was able to assure me that all of their products were manufactured in the US. I can assure you that my daughter was relieved to hear this. If you buy your formula from Wal-Marts this may be the same formula. If it is not from this company I suggest you call the manufacturer and find out if they either use ingredients from China or they manufacture there.

You can read more about this on the links from this posting, or just Google "Formula and China" for more information.


Published: September 12, 2008

HONG KONG — China’s health ministry announced on Friday a nationwide probe into the safety of all infant formulas, as a team of investigators from six government agencies descended on the milk powder factory that produced formula now linked to one baby’s death and kidney problems in at least 50 more.

The producer of the suspect formula, the Sanlu Group, recalled 700 tons of its formula after determining on Thursday that it had been contaminated with melamine, an industrial chemical.

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