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Chinese Melamine Scandal Far More Widespread Than Thought
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2008
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Daily Kos: Chinese Melamine Scandal Far More Widespread Than Thought
This from Richard Spencer in Beijing, this morning:
A statement posted on online government media overnight said that 294,000 babies and young children had suffered “urinary system abnormalities” after drinking formula milk from Sanlu, the company most seriously affected, and other brand names.
It now says as many as six infants died and up to 294,000 suffered from urinary tract ailments including kidney stones. That figure is a lot higher than had previously been reported. More than 850 children are still being treated in hospital; at least 150 of them are said to be seriously ill. Why? Last year, China’s dairy industry was worth $18 billion. That’s a whole lot of dairy products.
Melamine just reported in eggs
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008
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Daily Kos: Melamine just reported in eggs…as I warned in 2007
Over the weekend, Hong Kong officials reported finding high levels of melamine in eggs shipped from mainland China. This is the first official notice that eggs have been contaminated with melamine. It is believed that the chickens were given feed contaminated with melamine or a related substance, as melamine contamination of fish and animal feeds appears to be widespread in China. Few will be surprised to hear that Chinese officials reportedly knew of the egg contamination problem weeks ago
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China raises grain purchasing prices to boost production
Tuesday, October 21st, 2008
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China raises grain purchasing prices to boost production
China’s top economic planning agency on Monday said it would raise the minimum purchasing price for wheat by as much as 15.3 percent starting next year.The move by the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) aims to boost rural income and grain output. The country, with a population of more than 1.3 billion, relies mainly on domestic production for food.
By hiking grain purchasing prices the NDRC hopes to motivate farmers to increase agricultural production.
The government’s minimum purchasing price for white wheat next year will be 0.87 yuan (US12.7 cents) per 500 grams, 13 percent higher than prices in 2008. In addition, prices for red and mixed wheat will be 0.83 yuan per 500 grams, up 15.3 percent.
Contaminated milk scare
Wednesday, October 1st, 2008
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Compact Size….Concise News
Thai mums are worried about tainted milk products sloshing in from ChinaThe contaminatedmilk scare has deepened after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it is now testing samples of milk powder taken from Dutch Mill Co’s warehouse.
Tainted Milk Scandal Leads to Cadbury Chocolate Recall
Monday, September 29th, 2008Hong Kong finds melamine in baby cereal, crackers
Friday, September 26th, 2008
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Hong Kong finds melamine in baby cereal, crackers | The Jakarta Post
The Hong Kong government said Friday it has found traces of the industrial chemical melamine in Chinese-made crackers and Heinz baby cereal.The chemical was found in Heinz DHA AA Vegetable Formula Cereal and in Silang House-brand steamed potato wasabi crackers produced by Kam Tai Co., the Center for Food Safety said.
Both were manufactured in mainland China, it said in a statement.
朝日新聞社：Tainted Chinese rice to be recalled
Friday, September 5th, 2008
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asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Tainted Chinese rice to be recalled - English
The farm ministry has instructed wholesale distributor Mikasa Foods Co. to recall pesticide-tainted imported Chinese rice it had sold and will ask manufacturers that bought the grain to recall their food products.
Biofuels are prime cause of food crisis, says leaked report
Thursday, July 3rd, 2008
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Biofuels are prime cause of food crisis, says leaked report | Environment | guardian.co.uk
Biofuels have forced global food prices up by 75% — far more than previously estimated — according to a confidential World Bank report obtained by the Guardian. The damning unpublished assessment is based on the most detailed analysis of the crisis so far, carried out by an internationally-respected economist at global financial body.
: U.S. beef goes on sale in South Korea
Tuesday, July 1st, 2008
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TheStar.com | World | U.S. beef goes on sale in South Korea
SEOUL, South Korea – U.S. beef returned to South Korean store shelves Tuesday under a new import agreement that has failed to stem anti-government protests, which have raged for weeks and turned central Seoul into a riot zone.
The government said it would take tough action to stop the increasingly violent rallies, which began two months ago with schoolgirls holding candlelight vigils. But the protests have lately also seen club-wielding demonstrators trying to break through barricades of police buses under showers of water cannons.
The Other Food Crisis: Food as a weapon
Tuesday, June 24th, 2008
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The Other Food Crisis - Worldnews.com
Since the beginning of time, food has been used as a weapon to either control or starve people into submission. The Americas’ was no different. The early European colonizers burned and destroyed Indigenous crops and other food sources, such as wild animals that were hunted and poached to near extinction levels. During the American Revolution and U.S. Civil War, it was common practice for armies to forage off of farms and the surrounding countryside. The Atlanta Campaign, in which entire warehouses of food, produce, cotton, and other items that sustained civilian populations were burned to the ground, is only one of many examples.
Related article about prices and shortages: Yes, we will have no bananas
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