Sanlu Group Baby Formula tainted with Melamine

Panicked parents have crowded China’s hospitals and demanded redress since officials and the Sanlu Group, the country’s biggest maker of infant milk powder, said two weeks ago that babies developed kidney stones and other complications after drinking the tainted milk.

These products include milk, ice—cream, yoghurt, confectionery such as chocolates, biscuits and sweets as well as any other products containing milk from China as an ingredient.

Do take note and watch out for cheaper brands from China especially it’s food.

UPDATE:

* Singapore finds 20 more melamine-tainted products [25 Oct 2008]
* S’pore detects melamine in 3 more products imported from China[09 Oct 2008]
* Melamine found in 2 Cadbury products [06 Oct 2008]
* S’pore ups food safety [02 Oct 2008]
* Cadbury candy pulled from Beijing shops on melamine concerns[01 Oct 2008]
* Chinese-made cookies tainted, Macau says [26 Sep 2008]
* China scrambles to salvage reputation amid milk scandal [25 Sep 2008]
* 5 more China—made products found tainted with melamine [25 Sep 2008]
* Magnolia assures public of melamine-free products [25 Sep 2008]
* MILK POWDER CRISIS – AsiaOne News Survivor’s Guide [24 Sep 2008]
* 3 more sick in HK, Macau [24 Sep 2008]
* Nearly 13,000 in hospital in China milk scandal [23 Sep 2008]
* Mr. Brown instant coffee could contain melamine: CFIA [23 Sep 2008]
* Stay away from Chinese milk products, says BFAD [19 Sep 2008]

Previously, a toxicology study had conducted after recalls of contaminated pet food concluded that the combination of melamine and cyanuric acid in diet does lead to acute renal failure in cats.[20]

Ingestion of melamine may lead to reproductive damage, or bladder or kidney stones, which can lead to bladder cancer.[16][21][22][23][24]

A study in 1953 reported that dogs fed 3% melamine for a year had the following changes in their urine: (1) reduced specific gravity, (2) increased output, (3) melamine crystalluria, and (4) protein and occult blood.[25]