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Det er ikke helt slut med melamin i kinesiske mælkeprodukter. (Billede: Radio86/Mads Schmidt)Det er ikke helt slut med melamin i kinesiske mælkeprodukter. (Billede: Radio86/Mads Schmidt)



Kinas fødevaresikkerhed lider efter ny melaminskræk

“All tainted products in 2008 were destroyed under the supervision of local governments nationwide.” Kvalitetschef Yan Fengmin til CRI

“This most recent episode, coupled with the discovery of cadmium- and lead-tainted children's toys earlier in the year, is further proof of the difficulty of policing China's sprawling consumer-goods industry.” AOL News

I denne uge har myndighederne i den sydlige Guizhouprovins fundet mælkeprodukter, der indeholder det giftige stof melamin. Dette er næsten to år efter at næsten hele den kinesiske mejeribranche blev lammet af en skandale med mælkepulver, der var forgiftet af dette industrielle kemikalie.

Tre partier mælkeprodukter tilbage fra 2009 er belevet taget af hylderne i adskillige butikker, efter at sundhedsmyndighederne fandt spor af melamin. Stoffet er normalt brugt i plastikprodukter og gødning, men har været brugt i mælken for at produktet skulle virke mere proteinholdigt i test. Men hvis man indtager dette stof kan det forårsage nyresten eller i værste tilfælde komplet nyresvigt.

De kinesiske myndigheder indførte nye regulationer for fødevaresikkerhed og optrappede kontrollen med mejerierne efter skandalen i 2008. 300.000 børn blev syge af forgiftningen og mindst seks døde som følge heraf. Nu tænker alle over hvad der egentligt gik galt.

En artikel i Wall Street Journal antyder at det at produkter med melamin i kan se dagens lys igen kan skyldes at de blev fjernet fra hylderne i 2008 men ikke destrueret. AFP støtter denne påstand og skriver at det er sandsynligt at man stadig vil finde forgiftede produkter i supermarkederne på trods af at man kaldte alle produkter tilbage for to år siden.

Produkterne, der er centrum for den nye skandale, er blevet produceret i Hebei-, Liaoning- og Shandongprovinserne, samt i Shanghai i marts og april 2009, skriver New York Times. Firmaerne skyder skylden på underleverandørerne, skriver BBC. En artikel i China Economic Review nævner at lokale embedsmænd skulle have dækket over de nye forgiftede mælkeprodukter for at bevare industriens gode image.

Tidligere på måneden skrev CRI i en artikel at kvalitetsinspektører i Shanghai havde dækket over forgiftet mælk i næsten et år, angiveligt fordi undersøgelserne stadig var igang. I et svar på beskyldningerne om at de nye forgiftede produkter skulle komme fra rester fra 2008, siger Yan Fengmin, chef for inspektionsafdelingen i Kinas kvalitetsmyndighed (AQSIQ), at han er overbevist om at alle produkter fra den gang er blevet destrueret under opsyn af de lokale regeringer. Ifølge de udenlandske medier lader det til at Kinas forsøg på at slå ned på fødevaresjusk i mejeribranchen er mislykkedes.

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AFP - 25. januar 2010
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The Wall Street Journal - 25. januar 2010
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China pulls more melamine-tainted milk products from store shelves in a southern province
Canadian Press - 25. januar 2010
Melamine-tainted dairy products were pulled from convenience store shelves in southern China more than a year after hundreds of thousands of children had been sickened in a massive milk safety scandal.

More Tainted Dairy Products Are Found in Chinese Stores
The New York Times - 26. januar 2010
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New Tainted Milk Cases Add to China's Safety Woes
AOL News - 25. januar 2010
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More milk contamination cases in China
Australia Network News - 26. januar 2010
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Melamine found in more China milk products
Radio New Zealand News - 25. januar 2010
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Melamine-tainted milk products found in S-W China
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