With the melamine issue, China created a bang that rocked the whole world. Melamine, a nitrogen-rich chemical used in making plastics and plates, was recently found to have contaminated milk products worldwide and has been implicated in the sickening of about 300,000 babies in China and killing at least 6 infants there. The chemical was also found in a cleaning solution used on some food processing equipment.
But the scare is waning...
Last Friday, the World Health Organization said that tiny traces of the chemical are not dangerous in most foods. However, it joined America and Europe in setting a strict limit that should be implimented.
A meeting held by WHO in Ottawa, Canada, decided that while there is no good reason to have any melamine in food products at all, a maximum of 0.2 milligrams of melamine per kilogram of body weight can be tolerated per day. Now, the standard is being implemented.
But the scare is waning...
Last Friday, the World Health Organization said that tiny traces of the chemical are not dangerous in most foods. However, it joined America and Europe in setting a strict limit that should be implimented.
A meeting held by WHO in Ottawa, Canada, decided that while there is no good reason to have any melamine in food products at all, a maximum of 0.2 milligrams of melamine per kilogram of body weight can be tolerated per day. Now, the standard is being implemented.
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