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27 September: Hong Kong finds traces of melamine in HJ Heinz baby food; Indonesia finds melamine in M&M's and Snickers (Mars Incorporated) and Oreos ; 29 September: Cadbury recalls products in Asia after tests find traces of melamine. Reports say 22 people have been arrested in Hebei province, suspected of introducing melamine into the supply ...
Melamine / ˈmɛləmiːn / ⓘ is an organic compound with the formula C 3 H 6 N 6. This white solid is a trimer of cyanamide, with a 1,3,5-triazine skeleton. Like cyanamide, it contains 66% nitrogen by mass, and its derivatives have fire-retardant properties due to its release of nitrogen gas when burned or charred.
The 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a significant food safety incident in China. The scandal involved Sanlu Group's milk and infant formula along with other food materials and components being adulterated with the chemical melamine, which resulted in kidney stones and other kidney damage in infants. The chemical was used to increase the nitrogen ...
White Rabbit candies are a milk -based white candy with a soft, chewy texture, sold as small, rectangular candies approximately 3 cm × 1 cm (1.18 in × 0.39 in) similar to taffy . Each candy is wrapped in a thin edible paper-like wrapping made from sticky rice. [5] They are then wrapped in a printed waxed paper wrapper.
2007 pet food recalls. Beginning in March 2007, there was a widespread recall of many brands of cat and dog foods due to contamination with melamine and cyanuric acid. The recalls in North America, Europe, and South Africa came in response to reports of kidney failure in pets. Initially, the recalls were associated with the consumption of ...
This timeline of the 2007 pet food recalls documents how events related to the 2007 pet food recalls unfolded. Several contaminated Chinese vegetable proteins were used by pet food makers in North America, Europe and South Africa, leading to kidney failure in animals fed the contaminated food. Both the centralization of the pet food industry ...
Protein adulteration in China. In China, the adulteration and contamination of several food and feed ingredients with inexpensive melamine and other compounds, such as cyanuric acid, ammeline and ammelide, are common practice. These adulterants can be used to inflate the apparent protein content of products, so that inexpensive ingredients can ...
Hanyu Pinyin. Sānlù Jítuán. Sanlu Group CO., Ltd. ( SJZSGCZ) was a Chinese dairy products company based in Xinhua District, Shijiazhuang, the capital city of Hebei. [1] It produced one of the oldest and most popular brands of infant formula in China. [2] New Zealand 's Fonterra owned 43% of Sanlu. [citation needed]