(June 3, 2013 at 11:45 am)Rhythm Wrote: I think that sometimes, especially in the case of food, we are either so far removed from some issue in either distance or time that it fails to come across as serious as it actually is. Even more mystifyingly, in the case of this particular subject, I've heard people say "well, that doesn't happen anymore" - no, it doesn't - because we pasteurize our fucking milk.......
:beats head against a wall:
Obviously not leveled at anyone here, just venting.
Has nothing to do with pasteurization but still worth mentioning in this context:
Quote:The 2008 Chinese milk scandal was a food safety incident in the People's Republic of China, involving milk and infant formula, and other food materials and components, adulterated with melamine.
By November 2008, China reported an estimated 300,000 victims,[1] with six infants dying from kidney stones and other kidney damage, and an estimated 54,000 babies being hospitalised.[2][3] The chemical appeared to have been added to milk to cause it to appear to have a higher protein content. In a separate incident four years before, watered-down milk had resulted in 13 infant deaths from malnutrition.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Chinese_milk_scandal
