Tainted Milk Issue

last SG · 2008-09-23T09:59:48+00:00

as if those people seriously care about babies.

dumbdumb! SG

The scandal happened in Japan and stayed in Japan. The authorities should be lauded for making the scandal public.

Any Japanese who is responsible either resign his post or commit suicide.

The Chinese govt has to sack those responsible for the tainted milk scandal.

In Singapore, it's probably 'let's move on'.

no, it's "no point pointing fingers, but let's work together to prevent this from happening, we cannot sack those responsible, because they are talented yada yada.."

remember mas selamat incident?

333225520 SG

No wonder so many Singaporeans have kidney problem...

johntoil SG

AVA should work from a clean slate. That is, assume that all Chinese food products are un-safe. Next begin to include products that they safely consider safe.

Now, we have a range of China food products allowed here, except the milk products.

I am sceptical of all China food products being safe for consumption. They have consistently shown the world that they have no health standards. They are simply waiting for the next food scare to appear, cover up if possible and then act catch the culprits when the news are blown up. That's been their only strategy. They simply execute a few scapegoats, and wait for the next scare.

I am prepared to pay more for safer food products.

fornax84 SG

As much as I feel that AVA should have more alert in stopping the tainted milk from reaching our shores, but if one takes a more rational approach to look at this problem, you can see that AVA is actually more or less an unfortunate scapegoat of this saga.

The qualitative test that was conducted by the food laboratories, is meant to determine the quantity of nitrogen in the milk powder. The Kjeldahl was not designed to detect harmful materials but merely to QA the nitrogen content. To be honest, even if we managed to put a stop to the Sanlu's practise of adding melamine to the milk, there are many other nitrogen based adulterants they can add in to fake the nitrogen content. Examples will be like those compounds with amine functional groups like pyridine, pyrilidone, triamine, diamine substances and the list is unexhausive. These substance have also high nitrogen lvl due to the NH2 groups. You can't expect AVA to test for all the thousands of different potentially harmfull organic compounds rite?

What has to tackle now, at international lvl is to send a strong message to PRC. As a growing economic and military power, you must be responsible for your actions. No doubt making profits is important, ethics is also important, bcos you are putting your country's reputation and fame on it. The PRCians should send more time exploring the ethics, morals and spiritual part of life. Yes, you can have an olympic opening that is touted to be the best and the most extravagent, but yet you can't even assure the interest of your commoners are protected e.g. shroudy construction in Szechuan earthquake killing many school children.........

since1976 SG

I don't think an unfortunate scapegoat is a good excuse. the Minister for Health, HSA and AVA director should step up and apologise to the public for their negligence.

Kuali Baba SG

Then there's one question I'd like to ask here...how is it possible to test for all the toxins known to man? Is it practical? It's the same in other countries - they act only when the whistle is blown, when people fall sick or when they have concrete test results to avoid upsetting other countries diplomatically.

Arapahoe SG

I think singaporean need to understand this.

If Melamine is already injected into the supply Chain of Process food supply. This is more than just Milk product. Singapore have to look at ALL PROCESS Food supply and need testing.

Singapore Govt need to go to Melamine suppliers and look at who are their customers in order to understand the magnitude of the spread. I fear that all other can processed food already contaminated.

The chinese govt are seriously good at hiding the truth when things get worst.

Remember the SAR, Remember how they censor web info on the age of Chinese Gym.

Used your common sense.

eagle SG

next time, use a silver needle to test every single food you eat

maurizio13 SG

Our government adopts a feedback system (when something happens corrective actions will be taken) of response, as opposed to a feedforward system (anticipating something happening and taking precautionary actions).

eagle SG

No leh

got feedforward system as well

Example: ISA

idwar SG

Some PRC people got no morals.......money is their god......that's why many PRC women prostitute themselves.......it's not as if they got no money to buy food.........these cheebys got money to buy air-tickets to come to Singapore!

China mei-meis standinging outside Hotel 81 in Geylang, waiting for silly Singapore old men roberts .

Is Singapore giving PR status to these low class trash ?

Kuali Baba SG

Well, how do you anticipate something like this, when you suspect something is wrong, but you don't know what to look for, and no clues have surfaced yet?

idwar SG

This is the way China deal with prostitutes. Singapore police is too soft on them.......too soft on milk products from China........scared of China......

idwar SG

The correct way to deal with these bastards

Beautiful951 SG

The correct way to deal with these bastards

Err this is not correct either.

stupidissmart SG

Well not just singapore who fails to detect melamine, but brunei, malaysia, japan, indonesia, and probably the whole world fails to realised tat melamine is added into china's milk product.

There r just too much toxin and too much food in tis whole world.

angel7030 SG

China mei-meis standinging outside Hotel 81 in Geylang, waiting for silly Singapore old men roberts .

Is Singapore giving PR status to these low class trash ?

Wow! lucky me not there lor, what low class, this gals earn 6 to 10k sing dollars/month ok, they carry Channel bags and wears prada shoes, and g strings from triumph. So dun play play hor.

They are here by the courtesy of our govt to help our old Uncles forget about misery and support the PAP thru PRC gals. Got PAP, got PRC, no PAP, you no PRC, so dun make old uncles sad and angry ya. At least these gals keep them from raping me.

angel7030 SG

The problem is that they blown the whistle immediately after the olympic

maurizio13 SG

I don't understand this idea that some folks have here. It's alright so long as others are in the same boat as you. Is this the safety in numbers logic?

In your class, everybody did not study for the exam and failed. You got your result slip, you showed it to your dad. Your explanation to your dad being, I have failed, but so did everybody else in the class. Misery finds solace in company, eh?

WHICH COUNTRIES ARE AFFECTED?

-- Bangladesh, Brunei, Burundi, China, Gabon, Hong Kong, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam have all either pulled products off shelves, banned China dairy imports, or stepped up their tests.

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/T126573.htm

Mostly 3rd world countries other than Singapore, S. Korea, Taiwan and Japan.

maurizio13 SG

It's not possible to test every possible item, that's where you can use statistical sampling.

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