Nothing says I Love You like a sweet teddy bear stuffy holding some delicious chocolate. Unless that's [insert scary music here] MELA-CHOCOLATE! From the FDA:Walgreens is recalling 173 teddy bears with chocolate bars sold in stores since late September 2008. Analysis by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration found that certain samples of the chocolate … Continue reading Toxic Teddy Treats
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FDA Blocks Chinese Milk Products
Finally, some action from the FDA regarding the Chinese mela-milk scandal:The agency, in an alert posted Wednesday on its Web site, ordered the "detention without physical examination of all milk products, milk-derived ingredients and finished food products containing milk from China due to the presence of melamine and/or melamine analogs."The agency listed dozens of products, … Continue reading FDA Blocks Chinese Milk Products
How Much Melamine is Too Much?
The Washington Post reports that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has decided that melamine is ok in foods in very small amounts:American consumers first learned of the dangers of melamine when it was found last year in pet food ingredients made in China. The Chinese suppliers of the bulk ingredients had been adding the … Continue reading How Much Melamine is Too Much?
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