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Shenzhou VII selamat kembali ke bumi
28/09/2008

BEIJING 28 Sept.

amazed

04 Oktober, 2008

Melamine Found In Snickers, Kit Kat Products From China


SEOUL, Oct 4 (Bernama) -- South Korea's food watchdog said on Saturday that it has detected quantities of melamine in chocolate products from foodstuff giants Nestle SA and Mars Inc. that were manufactured in China.

The Korea Food and Drug Administration (KFDA) said 2.38 parts per million (ppm) and 1.78 ppm of the toxic substance was discovered in samples of M&M's Milk and Peanut Snickers Fun Size products, respectively, from Mars Korea.

A Kit Kat bar from Nestle Korea was also found to contain 2.89 ppm of melamine, South Korea's Yonhap news agency quoted the agency as saying on Saturday.

The latest discoveries brings the local number of tainted food items to 10 amid a broadening scandal over Chinese dairy products.

Melamine is a nitrogen-based chemical that can pose serious health risks if ingested frequently or in large quantities. It is used widely in kitchen utensils, but if added to food items the nitrogen can artificially increase protein levels, translating into higher prices.

Chinese health officials have said the use of melamine in dairy products has killed at least four infants and left 54,000 others ailing from kidney stones or other illnesses.

The KFDA is currently in the process of examining 428 processed foods manufactured in China to see whether they contain the hazardous substance. It has completed checking 288 products as of Saturday morning.

-- BERNAMA


            



aku makan snickers bar dari ostolia atau states ajer ler.... tak yah makang yg dari china punyer... ada melamin wooo  

amazed

Coklat ada melamin

HONG KONG – Sebuah agensi pemantau makanan Hong Kong semalam menyatakan dua coklat buatan China dijual di pulau berkenaan oleh pembuat gula-gula Cadbury mengandungi bahan melamin tahap berbahaya .

Menurut satu kenyataan agensi itu, coklat Dairy Milk Cookies Chocolate dan Dairy Milk Hazelnut Chocolate mengandungi kadar melamin yang tidak dapat diterima berdasarkan piawaian kesihatan.

Kedua-dua produk itu merupakan antara 11 barangan yang ditarik balik oleh Cadbury di Hong Kong, Taiwan dan Australia pada minggu lalu. – AFP

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October 06, 2008

China tries to contain tainted milk fallout

AFP Photo South Korean health officials inspect cakes made by a Korean plant in China. China is continuing to struggle to contain the fall-out from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey of dairy products that found no melamine and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.

BEIJING (AFP) - China attempted Sunday to contain the fallout from the tainted milk scandal, announcing a new survey of dairy products showed no traces of melamine and promising to subsidise farmers hit by the scare.

The latest test of more than 600 batches of liquid milk from 27 cities across China showed they were free of melamine, the industrial chemical at the centre of the dairy scare, the Beijing Morning Post reported.

Products made by 75 brands were sampled including prominent ones such as Yili, Mengniu and Bright Dairy, the paper said, citing the nation's product safety watchdog.

It was the sixth round of tests in China since the milk scare broke last month, according to the watchdog, the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine.

Melamine, which has been detected in a range of China-made milk products, is blamed for the deaths of four Chinese children and for sickening 53,000.

The chemical is used to make plastics but when mixed with watered-down milk, it makes it appear richer in protein than it actually is.

Authorities suspect the contamination may have occurred at thousands of milk collection stations scattered across the country, as they are relatively new players in the dairy business and have not been subject to full supervision.

Since the scandal erupted and spread around the world, the agriculture ministry has dispatched 152,000 officials and investigated nearly 19,000 milk collection stations, the People's Daily reported Sunday.

In northern Hebei province, officials had recalled 451 tonnes of milk powder from Sanlu Group, the company whose tainted baby formula triggered the crisis, and destroyed 300 tonnes, the Beijing Evening News said Sunday.

Meanwhile, the agriculture ministry said on its website late Saturday it was supervising a campaign to subsidise dairy farmers badly hit by the crisis.

Farmers had been dumping raw milk as the scandal sent demand plummeting, the ministry said.

"On the one hand we must crack down on illegal behaviour but on the other hand we must protect the interests of the dairy sector," it said in a statement.

"We must do our best to minimise the dumping of milk and we must resolutely prevent the killing of cows."

The ministry said it had achieved some success in restoring consumer confidence, citing 14 local governments that had come up with policies to stabilise the dairy industry.

It mentioned Hebei province, which had earmarked 316 million yuan (46 million dollars) in subsidies, paying farmers 200 yuan for each cow.

While China was seeking to repair the damage at home, the wave of recalls and warnings rolled on abroad.

In Hong Kong, the Centre for Food Safety said Sunday that two types of chocolate from British sweet maker Cadbury were found to contain dangerous amounts of melamine.

In one of the products, Cadbury's Dairy Milk Hazelnut Chocolate sold in bulk packs, the melamine level was more than 22 times the legal limit, the centre said in a statement.

Authorities in Myanmar urged people not to consume Chinese milk and dairy products after 16 tonnes of Chinese baby formula tainted with melamine was destroyed, the state newspaper New Light of Myanmar reported Sunday.

Guyana pulled Chinese dairy products off the market on Saturday, while South Korea ordered Mars and Nestle to withdraw three products after melamine was detected in snacks made in China by the multinationals.

A fourth Chinese milk product found to contain melamine was withdrawn from sale in Australia, Food Standards Australia New Zealand said in a statement.

Australia has already banned China's creamy White Rabbit chocolates, and a Japanese importer has also begun recalling another brand of Chinese chocolate suspected of being contaminated.

The European Union recently banned all imports on Chinese milk-related products for children such as biscuits and chocolate on top of a long-standing embargo on Chinese dairy products like milk and yoghurt.

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Pengawasan 24 jam di kilang tenusu China
06/10/2008

BEIJING 6 Okt. — China mengerahkan 5,000 merinyu kesihatan bagi menjalankan pengawasan 24 jam di kilang-kilang tenusu di seluruh negara sebagai langkah menangani skandal susu tercemar yang telah menyebabkan produk susu negara itu ditolak di dalam dan di luar negara.

Wang Yong, yang baru dilantik mengetuai pasukan pengawasan pusat, berjanji akan memperkenalkan pembaharuan besar-besaran dalam pengeluaran produk tenusu selain akan memecat mana-mana merinyu kualiti yang gagal melaksankan tugas dengan baik ekoran skandal itu yang telah menyebabkan empat bayi mati dan 53,000 lagi menghadapi masalah buah pinggang.

“Tahap keselamatan makanan bukan sahaja melibatkan kesihatan orang ramai tetapi ia juga nadi perniagaan,” kata Wang seperti dipetik oleh agensi berita Xinhua.

Beliau berkata lebih banyak pusat akan dilantik menjalankan ujian terhadap melamin, sejenis kimia perindustrian yang diharamkan digunakan untuk pengeluaran makanan, tetapi dalam kes susu tercemar ini, telah dicampurkan dengan susu bagi menunjukkan kandungan proteinnya kelihatan tinggi.

— BERNAMA

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China mahu bersihkan skandal susu tercemar

BEIJING – Kerajaan China semalam berikrar untuk membersihkan skandal yang membabitkan industri tenusu negara berkenaan dan mengakui ia tercetus akibat kurangnya pengawasan daripada pihak berkuasa.

Perdana Menteri China, Wen Jiabao yang mengetuai satu mesyuarat Kabinet mengarahkan seramai 5,000 pemeriksa keselamatan makanan bagi membersihkan industri tenusu negara itu.

Agensi keselamatan makanan China menghantar pegawai pemeriksa di seluruh negara bagi memastikan semua produk tenusu mematuhi standard keselamatan makanan.

“Punca utama skandal ini adalah pengeluaran haram yang tamak serta tidak menghiraukan kesihatan orang ramai,” kata Kabinet dalam satu kenyataan.

Pihak berkuasa sebelum ini bertungkus-lumus menangani skandal itu yang tercetus apabila sejumlah produk susu dicemari bahan kimia berbahaya melamin dengan mengakibatkan seramai empat bayi meninggal dunia.

Setakat ini seramai 53,000 kanak-kanak jatuh sakit yang mendedahkan betapa kurangnya standard keselamatan makanan di China sehingga menyebabkan beberapa negara di dunia mengharamkan produk tenusu dari negara itu . – AFP

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China enggan umum mangsa

HOHHOT - Kerajaan China semalam enggan mengeluarkan jumlah terkini kanak-kanak yang jatuh sakit akibat skandal susu tercemar di negara berkenaan.

Tindakan tersebut dilihat sebagai satu usaha terbaru kerajaan China untuk memulihkan semula keyakinan terhadap standard keselamatan makanan negara itu.

Sebelum ini kerajaan China mengumumkan seramai empat bayi meninggal dunia dan 53,000 kanak-kanak lagi jatuh sakit selepas minum susu yang tercemar dengan bahan kimia melamin. - AFP




takut ler nak beritahu sebab aku bajet  dah sampai ratus2  ribu nihhh!!!! :@

derose83

setau saya melamin nih sejenis tepung putih yg dicampurkan dalam makanan....apa kegunaannya ek....

amazed

ko biasa dengaq pinggan melamine tak... yg banyak juai kat langkawi tu....
tu pung melamine gak tu.....

amazed

Melamin: 10,700 bayi, kanak-kanak masih dirawat
09/10/2008


BEIJING 9 Okt.

amazed

Originally posted by derose83 at 8-10-2008 11:55 AM
setau saya melamin nih sejenis tepung putih yg dicampurkan dalam makanan....apa kegunaannya ek....

Melamine is an organic base and a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass and, if mixed with resins, has fire retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred, and has several other industrial uses. Melamine is also a metabolite of cyromazine, a pesticide. It is formed in the body of mammals who have ingested cyromazine.

It has been reported that cyromazine can also be converted to melamine in plants.
Melamine combines with cyanuric acid to form melamine cyanurate, which has been implicated in the Chinese protein export contaminations.


Uses

Melamine is combined with formaldehyde to produce melamine resin, a very durable thermosetting plastic, and melamine foam, a polymeric cleaning product. The end products include countertops, dry erase boards, fabrics, glues, housewares and flame retardants. Melamine is one of the major components in Pigment Yellow 150, a colorant in inks and plastics.

Melamine also enters the fabrication of melamine poly-sulfonate used as superplasticizer for making high-resistance concrete. Sulfonated melamine formaldehyde (SMF) is a polymer used as cement admixture to reduce the water content in concrete while increasing the fluidity and the workability of the mix during its handling and pouring.

It results in concrete with a lower porosity and a higher mechanical strength exhibiting an improved resistance to aggressive environments and a longer life-time.

The use of melamine as fertilizer for crops had been envisaged during the '50s and '60s because of its high nitrogen content (2/3). However, the hydrolysis reactions of melamine leading to the nitrogen mineralisation in soils are very slow, precluding a broad use of melamine as fertilizing agent.

Melamine derivatives of arsenical drugs are potentially important in the treatment of African trypanosomiasis.

Melamine use as non-protein nitrogen (NPN) for cattle was described in a 1958 patent. In 1978, however, a study concluded that melamine "may not be an acceptable non-protein N source for ruminants" because its hydrolysis in cattle is slower and less complete than other nitrogen sources such as cottonseed meal and urea.

Melamine is sometimes illegally added to food products in order to increase the apparent protein content. Standard tests such as the Kjeldahl and Dumas tests estimate protein levels by measuring the nitrogen content, so they can be misled by adding nitrogen-rich compounds such as melamine.


Melamine

IUPAC name	1,3,5-Triazine-2,4,6-triamine
Other names	2,4,6-Triamino-s-triazine Cyanurotriamide Cyanurotriamine Cyanuramide
CAS number	[108-78-1]
PubChem	7955
SMILES	[show] Nc1nc(N)nc(N)n1
Molecular formula	C3H6N6
Molar mass	126.12 g/mol
Appearance	White solid
Density	1574 kg/m3
Melting point	350 癈, 623 K, 662 癋
Boiling point	Sublimes
Solubility in water	3.1 g/l (20 癈)
Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 癈, 100 kPa) Infobox references

[ Last edited by  amazed at 9-10-2008 10:36 PM ]

derose83

thanks amazed:victory:

derose83

Firma  tenusu China kena saman lagi   
                              
BEIJING:Satu tuntutan saman kedua difailkan ke atas syarikat tenusu China ditengah skandal susu, lapor media tempatan semalam, ketika lebih 10,000 kanak-kanak masih dirawat di hospital selepas meminum susu tepung dicemari melamin.

Zhang Xiuwen, seorang pekerja pendatang dari wilayah selatan Guangdong, memfailkan saman selepas bayi lelakinya berusia 11 bulan dikenal pasti menghidap batu karang, lapor akhbar rasmi China Daily.Bayinya diberi susu formula dikeluarkan Sanlu Group Co sejak lahir,katanya.

Mahkamah Rakyat Pertengahan Guanzhou masih belum menerima tuntutan saman itu, yang menuntut pampasan berjumlah AS$132,000(RM463,596), peguam Chen Beiyuan dipetik sebagai berkata.

Chen berkata beliau juga merancang memfailkan saman ke atas Persatuan Tenusu di China kerana gagal menyelia anggotanya.

Susu tepung yang dicampur bahan kimia melamin, dipersalahkan kerana menyebabkan kematian empat bayi dan menyebabkan lebih 54,000 jatuh sakit. � AP

amazed

cakap pasai produk white rabbit yg kena pulled out dari market tu... alamak...  aku masa pi rumah boss aku.. dia letak kat dalam balang..... aku songlap masuk dalam poket aku.... ....  cisssssss banyak gak aku makang white rabbit tu... kalau makang  ARNAB yang betul2 tak per gak... aku mmg suker makang rabbit stew....

hari tu aku masak..(kira mcm chef lak aku nih..) beskot datang rumah aku... abis satu periuk dia belasah... nak ajer aku  kungfu dier tu...  tee hee...  abis arnab aku... :@

amazed

you are welkambeng  rose..

derose83

skang ni sume produk yg disahkan ada melamin mmg x beli....
takut beb kang dpt penyakit x pasai2 mati katak....

amazed

5,800 bayi dirawat akibat susu tercemar di China

BEIJING: Kira-kira 6,000 bayi di China masih dirawat di hospital kerana masalah buah pinggang akibat mengambil susu formula yang dicemari bahan kimia industri - melamin, lapor Kementerian Kesihatan negara itu.

Enam kanak-kanak kini dilaporkan dalam keadaan serius, kata kementerian itu dalam laman web, semalam.

Kerajaan China masih berusaha menangani masalah susu tercemar yang sehingga kini menyebabkan 54,000 bayi dan kanak-kanak jatuh sakit di seluruh China.


Di Hong Kong, kerajaan berkata seorang lagi kanak-kanak dikesan menghidap batu karang pada buah pinggang akibat minum susu tercemar dari China, menjadikan semua lapan kanak-kanak menghidap penyakit itu di pulau berkenaan.

Skandal susu tercemar China membawa kepada masalah global dengan 30 negara mengharamkan pengimportan produk susu dan makanan dari negara berkenaan. - AP

derose83

慣idak boleh saman

derose83

teruk betul China nih main lepas tgn jer....mmg patut pun org awam nih failkan saman terhadap syarikat tuh....biar jadi pengajaran....soal nyawa manusia nih bukan boleh dibuat main2...

amazed

patut sula ajer  ek.. :@