Chinese Corn Gluten May Be Responsible For Melamine-Tainted Milk In South Africa
The recently reported problem of melamine-tainted Nestlé infant formula in South Africa left everybody scratching their heads after the company said that the product was made in South Africa and contained exclusively locally produced ingredients such as fresh milk.
Reports circulating in the media this week suggest that Chinese-made corn gluten contaminated with melamine left over from the pet food poisoning scandal of 2007 has been imported into South Africa, and sold as recently as September 2008 for use in ruminant feed.
This latest finding still questions the widely held belief that melamine ingested by animals does not pass into the food chain, the industrial chemical is either excreted by the animal or is diluted to such an extent that any remaining traces are practically undetectable in human food.
Reports circulating in the media this week suggest that Chinese-made corn gluten contaminated with melamine left over from the pet food poisoning scandal of 2007 has been imported into South Africa, and sold as recently as September 2008 for use in ruminant feed.
This latest finding still questions the widely held belief that melamine ingested by animals does not pass into the food chain, the industrial chemical is either excreted by the animal or is diluted to such an extent that any remaining traces are practically undetectable in human food.
