08/11/09 Tourists are Vegetarians, too

Animal Friends about the deficiencies in its Croatian tourist offer - Vegetarian tasting and info stalls in Zadar, Sibenik, and Split! Even though being a renown tourist destination, Croatia keeps forgetting that...

Not : The Swine Flu

The International Institute of Nonviolence News&Opinion By: Rev. Jermano   Everyone usually comes in contact with a cold or the flu during the late winter and spring. It is a yearly occurance... and...

Better Milk, It is all in a Name.

By, Uwe Paschen. Better Milk production, It is all in a name. Dairy Sheep, Goats and Cows produce better if called by Name, at least according to yet another study on the subject by the Newcastle University...

China Milk Scandal Companies Text Message Apology to Millions

In the wake of a guilty plea by 66-year-old Sanlu chairwoman Tian Wenhua in Chinese courts, the 22 companies involved in the melamine milk scandal apologized to millions of mobile users on January 1st via text...

China Dairy Boss Pleads Guilty in Melamine Case

The trial of the chairwoman of the now bankrupt Sunlu Group, a Chinese company at the centre of the tainted milk scandal, started today.  Sixty-six year old Tian Wenhua has pleaded guilty to charges of...

Tainted Milk Trials Continue; Dairy Companies Pay US$160 Million

Two more men are on trial for the melamine-tainted milk scandal in China. So far seventeen suspects have faced court charges over the nation's high-profile food safety case. "Brothers Geng Jinping and Geng Jinzhu...

Christmas Cocoa Recalled Due to Melamine Risk

Three hot cocoa products have been recalled by the US FDA because they may contain harmful levels of the toxic chemical melamine, which sickened thousands of children in China earlier this year and sparked food safety concerns worldwide. Dorsey Marketing in Quebec, Canada...

U S a : Notice for Melamine Testing of Meat and Poultry Products

FSIS Issues Notice for Melamine Testing of Retail Meat and Poultry Products(Public Notice from USA Department of Agriculture, Food Safety Inspection Service. Dec. 12, 2008)In light of recent disclosures of melamine found in certain imported food products, FSIS has determined...

Canada Adopts Melamine Standards Set by World Health Organization

Canada has lowered their standards for what an acceptable daily melamine intake level is, matching the standards set forth by the WHO.  Canada is the first country to amend health and safety regulations in...

Traces of Melamine In Top Selling Infant Formula in USA- US FDA does a U Turn

As reported by Associated Press US FDA has found traces of Industrial chemical Melamine in samples of top selling Infant Formula. Similar find in China had placed almost all dairy exports from China under scanner...

Halloween Breakdown: The Melamine Trick AND Treat

Did you hear about the melamine warnings? Sure, Health Canada has issued a few on a handful of products and recalled some others. But Mark Kastel, co-director of The Cornucopia Institute, a Wisconsin-based...

Contaminated feed kills 1,500 dogs, bred for fur

Around 1,500 raccoon dogs in China, bred for fur, have died as a result of their contaminated feed. The chemical in the tainted milk scandal, melamine, was also present in their food and according to veterinarians...

Chinese Premier Admits Responsibility in Melamine Milk Scandal

Chinese premier, Wen Jiabao, in an interview published in Science Magazine accepted partial responsibility for the milk scandal that has killed four and sickened thousands of children. "It is a rare admission by a member of China's leadership, which still needs to cultivate...

Sanlu Group May Be Sold to Competitors

Rival companies in the massive dairy market in the People's Republic may buy out the disgraced Sanlu Company.  The melamine milk scandal has damaged the reputation of the New Zealand based company beyond...

White Rabbit Milk Candies back on the Market

Global trade and transportation have made it easy for companies to do international business. With the milk scandal affecting so many products, companies are scrambling to find a remedy to the situation. The...

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