Melamine

It finally dawn upon the Chinese health authorities that the baby milk powder contamination problem is far more serious than initially anticipated. To date over more than 22 brands of baby milk powder products, apart from the initial popular Sanlu brand reported by the press were being confirmed tested positive for the presence of Melamine.

Not surprisingly though other Chinese food products such as ‘Yili’ brand yogurt and ice creams were also recalled off from the shelf and from the supermarkets as a result of Melamine contamination. Over 6000 infants has fallen ill as a result of consuming industrial chemical laden melamine milk based products. 6 infants have died to date and the death toll number is expected to rise.

While the rest of the world in particular the US and Europe grasp and struggle with market meltdown and bank collapse crisis, China is busy with cleaning up its image with regards to food safety. Now that the Olympic is over, lets hope that the Chinese government will continue to step up efforts to clean up and improve its environmental health and food safety standards. The mayor of Shijiazhuang, Hebei has been sacked following this recent melamine food contamination scandal. This sacking demonstrates the central Chinese politburo determination to resolve this embarrassing food contamination issue.

The melamine baby milk powder scandal is but just the tip of the iceberg as far as food safety violation is concern. Chinese health authorities need to improve and spare no efforts to protect not just it’s own population but also the health safety of the rest of the world that imports its food products.

Since it is impossible for the health authorities to test every single food products, the onus lies with individual to exercise due diligence and to be cautious and selective when buying Chinese food products. It is always good and beneficial to subject ourselves to body detoxification if possible to help expel and reduce harmful toxins that we might ingest unknowingly. The amount of toxins in some of the food products might just be too negligible to be considered harmful but the accumulative intake of such toxins might cause irreparable damage to our health.