Traces of melamine found in U.S.-made infant formula: WSJ

[jpak]

http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Traces-melamine-found-US-made/story.aspx?guid=%7BB3ACCAAB-EBC9-4AF5-969B-55A777C504DB%7D

The Food and Drug Administration has found one positive sample of U.S.-made infant formula containing melamine "at very low trace levels," the Wall Street Journal reported in its online edition Tuesday. The agency also found melamine in a few samples of nutritional supplements and medical supplements, all made by the five U.S. manufacturers of infant formula, the newspaper said.

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[derby378]

1. Hold on to your butts, America...

First China, now us.

Someone needs to be put under the jail for this.

[Robbien]

2. Months after babies died in China, the FDA finally gets around to testing US supplies

The infant formula in China comes from the exact same Chinese factories which supply infant formula in the US. Does the FDA jump on the warning that people are dieing? Of course not.

Months later after most of the melamine infant formula factories have been shut down, the FDA puts out a milquetoast warning which says there is just a small, wee, very tiny amount of very toxic material in the food you give to your infants.

And the FDA wants you to trust them. They are there to protect you they whine.

[jpak]

3. I bet it goes beyond infant formula

There has to be more oversight of Chinese companies in the export food and nutritional supplement industry.

[SoCalDem]

7. Don't forget.. Watching Nukes tested in the desert was once

considered "family entertainment"..it was all "perfectly safe"..tiny amounts of harmless radiation :eyes:

When your goverment©™ says things are okey-dokey, they must be so :eyes:

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. Fear mongering.

"very low trace levels" = nothing to worry about.

[SoCalDem]

5. Is ANYONE surprised?..n/t

[Evoman]

6. What does "very low trace level" mean anyways...why not just say "trace levels"

[Mnemosyne]

8. FDA has authorized it now.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=389&topic_id=4476081#4476219

Bastards, low-level chronic exposure will cause problems.

[lib2DaBone]

9. During This Holiday Season....Make sure you run to Wal-Mart and Spend lots of your Hard Earned $$$$