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China vegetable also contains melamine

Taiwan News, Supplements Writer
2008-10-04 06:56 PM

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The Sanlu Group recognined some of the milk powders were polluted by Melamine, which was a chemistric material and would cause people having calculus.

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A vendor is seen arranging green vegetables at a market in Nanjing, China, yesterday. Prices of food, especially of agricultural products, will continue to rise, making it difficult for China to hit this year's 4.8 percent inflation target, a senior government economist said in remarks published yesterday. (file photo)

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China (Taiwan News) - China media reports saying that melamine has been found not only in milk powder, milk dairy products and packaged food, now even some China grown vegetable, such as mushroom, celery and tomato also contain melamine.

It was common in China when manufacturing the feed, the manufacturers may add melamine. Besides, it may contain other harmful chemical substances, like Sodium nitrite, which causes people to suffer cancer.

Fortune in China also reported that the experts had investigated and found out melamine in agricultural products. Particularly, melamine exited in mushroom with 17 mg/kg.

Fortune said, only 250 of 1500 substances, which were used to be additives, were eligible and got the international standard. It noted that the government did not manage and control over food safety.

By Taiwan News, Website Editorial Staff

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