Food Safety

Many people has voiced their concerns about the issue of food safety that has exploded recently due to the melamine scandal in China that has rocked its food industry, specifically its milk industry. So what is melamine?

Melamine which is mainly used to in productions of plastics and cleaning products, has been added into diluted milk to fool protein content tests. Melamine is harmless in low doses but when consumed in large amounts, it can lead to formations of kidney stones which in turns can be fatal.

This is not the first time that China has been hit by food safety incidents and you can bet that it will not be the last. Most of these incidents are caused by greedy, unethical food producers. But then, with increasing demands for food and at a lower prices do you think that it is surprising that issues like this inevitable?

Is the world going to stop importing food products from China from now on? Historically speaking, I do not think so. After the issue has died down, importers will again start to import in huge volumes until the next incident crops up. And these cycles will be repeating many times over until China has eradicate their corruption in their country and increase control on food productions. Or until their production cost became uncompetitive where the world will start to look for food from other countries.

So what can we do about it? I would say that the best way is to grow our own food. Stir-fried spinach fertilized by our own urine with steamed free range chicken makes a good and healthy meal!