Infant formula made in China may be contaminated! · 2008-09-12 16:01
The Food and Drug Administration is alerting Asian and ethnic markets across the USA that infant formula made in China may be contaminated.
Chinese newspapers report that some infant formula has been linked to kidney problems and kidney stones in babies in China because the formula contains melamine ??“ the same industrial contaminant from China that poisoned and killed thousands of U.S. dogs and cats last year.
Melamine, a byproduct of plastic manufacturing, can be used to mimic high-protein additives, USA Today informs.
Sanlu Group, the major Chinese dairy that produced the formula, has recalled 700 tons of the product.
No baby formula approved for use in the USA is manufactured in China, the FDA says.
The FDA is concerned that illegal infant formula may be sold in Asian and ethnic markets. It happened in 2004, when fake formula from China, which killed dozens of babies there, was found in at least one U.S. store.
Reports in the Chinese news media say that as many as 60 babies have been admitted to hospitals with kidney stones and that the illnesses have been linked to powdered formula.
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