"On Tuesday, the Chinese government ordered all liquid and powdered milk manufactured before Sept. 14 to be removed from store shelves for testing. At issue is the chemical melamine, which apparently was added to dairy products to make them seem more nutritious.

Four babies have died and more than 54,000 kids in China have been sickened by tainted milk products. Over the last month, melamine has turned up around the globe in candies, chocolate, coffee drinks and other items made with Chinese dairy products. Some ended up on American store shelves.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has recalled a small number of Chinese-made products. But some lawmakers and consumer advocates say the FDA's measures don't go far enough and have been too slow in coming.

As soon as this started happening, we called for a ban on all dairy products from China," said Tony Corbo, senior food lobbyist at Food & Water Watch, a Washington advocacy group. "We never got a response from the FDA."

He said his organization was shocked by a recent announcement from the FDA warning consumers not to go anywhere near Chinese-made baby formula but saying that small amounts of melamine in other food products "do not raise concerns."

"I don't think anyone knows if these levels are dangerous or not dangerous," Corbo said. "The FDA did a very quick analysis and came up with a safety standard that may not be realistic."

The agency has determined that 2.5 parts per million represents a "tolerable" maximum amount of melamine that can be safely consumed by adults. But that's far less than some tainted products that have made it to U.S. store shelves.

Last month, the California Department of Public Health warned people not to eat White Rabbit candy imported from China by a San Francisco Bay Area company. Some candies tested by officials contained melamine levels of as much as 520 parts per million.

Rep. Rosa DeLauro, a Connecticut Democrat who heads a House subcommittee that oversees FDA funding, said the agency should have followed the European Union in swiftly moving to ban all products potentially contaminated with melamine until the scope of the problem could be determined.

"The FDA has chosen to establish an acceptable level for melamine in food in an attempt to convince consumers that it is not harmful," she said. "Not only is this an insult to consumers, but it would appear that the FDA is condoning the intentional contamination of foods."

Läs hela artikeln här http://www.latimes.com/news/columnists/la-fi-lazarus15-2008oct15,0,6037514.column

FDA finds traces of melamine in US infant formula http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081126/ap_on_he_me/infant_formula

"Traces of the industrial chemical melamine have been detected in samples of top-selling U.S. infant formula, but federal regulators insist the products are safe.

Consumers Union said Wednesday that the FDA advice is of small comfort to parents and caregivers. "It is very disturbing to us that no recall has been requested," said Jean Halloran, the group's director of Food Policy Initiatives. "The FDA originally said there was no safe level for these contaminants in infant formula. So this formula is contaminated."

It was not until the AP inquired about tests on domestic formula that the FDA articulated that while it couldn't set a safe exposure for infants, it would accept some melamine in formula — raising the question of whether the decision to accept very low concentrations was made only after traces were detected"

Melamine Kills 1,500 Chinese Dogs http://www.newser.com/story/40512/mel ... ls-1500-chinese-dogs.html


Så går FDA att lita på? tydligen inte.

FDA Scientists Report Bush Administration Pressure to Falsify Scientific Data & Procedures & Lie to Public http://www.organicconsumers.org/articles/article_1179.cfm

F.D.A. Scientists Accuse Agency Officials of Misconduct http://www.nytimes.com/2008/11/18/health/policy/18fda.html?_r=2

Weakness in FDAs food safety system http://oversight.house.gov/documents/20061101115143-67937.pdf

President Bush nominates top White House aide as FDA chief http://annonc.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/13/11/1693

In a Shift, Bush Moves to Block Medical Suits http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage ... 73DF936A15754C0A9629C8B63

BUSH ADMINISTRATION'S MERCURY PROPOSAL CONTRADICTS PRIOR EPA/FDA JOINT FISH WARNINGS http://missouri.sierraclub.org/pressr ... 03/mercury121603_merc.HTM

Bush administration trying to make it illegal to sue the FDA http://current.com/items/88955154/bus ... llegal_to_sue_the_fda.htm

Bush Administration Forced FDA To Make Complete Immunity for Negligent Corporations a Top Priority http://www.justice.org/cps/rde/xchg/justice/hs.xsl/4344.htm

Bush Admin Fails To Turn Over FDA Documents http://rinf.com/alt-news/politics/bus ... -over-fda-documents/2451/

FDA Ignores Science Advisory Panel Over Poisonous Baby Bottles http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wghvho3vhl8&eurl=

Inget att se här, bara stå i kön och ta emot vaccinen. FDA är styrda av rashygieniska psykopater, gifter ges ut som medicin över allt men ingen ställer några frågor, dags att vakna upp och fråga varför dom så gärna vill tvinga på en en massa gifter, kan det ha med vad dom pratar med en sån passion öppet om i deras skrifter att göra? att kontrollera människors uppförande och tänkande.

Som Rockefeller stiftelse presidenten Max Mason berätta "The Social Sciences will concern themselves with the rationalization of social control... the control of human behavior."