More chinese food taintings

[undergroundpanther]

BEIJING: Chinese farmers, hurt by a spreading melamine scandal, slaughtered tens of thousands of chickens, state media said on Friday, as
authorities in Shanghai began checks on feed producers for local fisheries.

Shanghai's Livestock Office would check more than 100 feed producers in the city, and promised tests for the city's seafood products if any feed were found to contain melamine, the Shanghai Daily newspaper said on Friday.

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/World/China/After_toxic_scare_mass_chicken_cull/articleshow/3660085.cms



SHANGHAI: Chinese regulators said over the weekend that they had confiscated and destroyed more than 3,600 tons of animal feed tainted with melamine, an industrial chemical that has been blamed for contaminating food supplies in China and for leading to global recalls of Chinese dairy products.

In what appears to be the biggest food safety crackdown in years, the government also said Saturday that it had closed 238 illegal feed makers in a series of nationwide sweeps that involved more than 369,000 government inspectors.


http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/02/news/china.php

Sri Lanka health ministry lists products in melamine scare
Nov 02, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's health ministry has released a list products whose import and sale were banned because of fears of contamination by the harmful chemical melamine.
http://www.lankabusinessonline.com/fullstory.php?nid=141250784




Now this is just gross...Don't buy any mandarin oranges..

China officials hide citrus maggot outbreak
AUTHORITIES in southwestern China failed for more than a month to raise an alarm over an epidemic of maggots in mandarin oranges.

The problem came to national attention in recent days via text messages warning of the affected fruits, but authorities in Sichuan province knew as early as September 23, the Beijing News said.

The report said authorities in the city of Guangyuan were told of the problem two days after it was first discovered in tens of thousands of trees in the area.

However, it was not publicly announced until last week, it added.
http://www.weeklytimesnow.com.au/article/2008/11/03/21541_latest-news.html