Legal News You Can Use » food safety http://seelielaw.com/blog Michael E. Seelie, PA Fri, 02 Sep 2011 22:46:34 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Chinese Candy found tainted with melamine in America http://seelielaw.com/blog/2008/10/07/chinese-candy-found-tainted-with-melamine-in-america/ http://seelielaw.com/blog/2008/10/07/chinese-candy-found-tainted-with-melamine-in-america/#comments Wed, 08 Oct 2008 00:47:34 +0000 admin http://seelielaw.com/blog/?p=84 This week, after the finding of melamine-contaminated candy in California, four Connecticut stores selling White Rabbit candy tested positive for the industrial chemical . The California Department of Public Health specifically identified White Rabbit candies imported and distributed by Queensway Foods Co. of Burlingame, Calif. Queensway is voluntarily recalling the chewy sweets after state testing detected melamine in some pieces.


Melamine, which has very high levels of nitrogen, is used in the manufacturing of fertilizers and plastics. It has been blamed for the deaths of 4 children, the hospitalization of 13,000 children and has caused kidney ailments in 54,000 people.

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