No make money online post for today, I just wanna post this for our awareness about Melamine milk from China.
Melamine and proteins are both rich in nitrogen, so when protein content in milk products is checked by comparing nitrogen content (such as with the Kjeldahl protein test which is still used in China, or the Dumas protein test), the addition of melamine can hide the fraudulent dilution of milk. Although it is a non-toxic industrial chemical, its use in food production is banned in China and other countries because it is known to cause renal and urinary problems in humans and animals when combined in the body with cyanuric acid. Cyanuric acid is sometimes present in drinking water and some non-protein nitrogen (NPN) additives used in animal feed.
It is not known where in the supply chain the melamine was added to the milk. The chemical is not water-soluble and must be mixed with formaldehyde or another organic solvent before it can be dissolved in milk.
The same chemical has been in several other instances to decieve protien tests, such as in pet food recalls in Europe and the U.S. in 2007, and to cover up for the low quality cattle feed used by some farmers (including in soy meal, corn gluten meal or cottonseed meal).
Melamine may have been part of the food chain in China for a long time, as cyromazine, a derivative of melamine, is very commonly used in China as a pesticide. Cyromaazine is absorbed into plants as melamine, and may therefore be present in the food chain, including in poulty, eggs, fish, and dairy products.
