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
China vegetable also contains melamine
