How did it get this far?
I am sure most of you know by now of the scare from contaminated baby formula in China. I feel for the parents that lost their babies and the ones that are sick. What I don’t understand is how it got this far? I mean who would do this and why? How could someone do this? I think everyone that had a part should all be strung out and shot after they get food contaminated with melamine and are sick and suffering. I have no sympathy for anyone involved! Here is my problem now. It’s October and Halloween is right around the corner. Now the scare is how much candy and other things were affected? It took a while for me in this small Oklahoma town to find out about it. If it wasn’t for my mom telling me it might have been longer. So, with all the families around the world in a small town that buys things in oriental markets how do they know? How do they become informed? Since, now the scare is not just formula but other things as well? It is supposedly illegal to sell baby formula from China in the US, but does that mean it doesn’t happen? It’s not illegal to sell the other things that are now being called “possibly contaminated.” The news is reporting that the Hershey Company (Cadbury), Kraft foods (who make Oreo’s) and Mars (M&M’s and Snickers) Company are all pulling products. I am glad that they are pulling products but I think that they shouldn’t have taken so long. One news report on CNN stated that one company may have know of the issue as early as August 2nd while others may have know for months or years, saying that the product Melamine was used to boost the protein levels. The Chinese government is now saying that they are correcting the problem and that the milk now on the shelves should be safe. Should be safe? How can they say should, it’s a simple question. It either is or it isn’t. I do not find any comfort in that statement. I will not be intrusting the candy handed out by strangers on Halloween this year. I may be over reacting with the whole thing, but as a mom that is my right. There are over 54,000 sick babies in China and at least 4 dead from this. The only good thing out of this is that the government is offering free health care at the moment. This is one time I think they should give free medical care. This is in no way the fault of the parents or some disease but a lack of control of a government and regulations set up to protect the people they serve.
These are some sites that you can find more information on the topic:
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/candy.milk.ap/index.html#cnnSTCVideo this is a set of videos from CNN.com/asia
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5jL7mHkJcSHVOLlejms7eQS2xXDiwD93GL2SG0 This is an article from the associated press
http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/asiapcf/09/29/candy.milk.ap/index.html This another article from CNN.com/asia
