Tainted Milk Supply

Recently it has been discovered that there have been some tainted baby formula sold in China. The formula was made in China which has made it cheaper to afford then other imported formulas, this caused many families to buy this product then the more expensive imported brand. This formula has killed three children and has made another 50,000 infants very sick. The New York Times has reported that melamine had been added to baby formula to boost protein counts, but this mineral is very poisonous if ingested. This issue has turned into a food safety scandal, and with many citizens of China and other countries being affected by this formula an investigation has been launched to get to the bottom of this scandal. A top Chinese government official, Li Changjiang, was forced out of his position which was the chief of China’s food and product quality agency. While China is taking action to get to the bottom of this scandal now, some are wondering if this tainted formula was discovered before or even during the Olympics in Beijing. While this conclusion has not been reached yet the World Health Organization is investigating to see exactly what happened.