Minnesota sounds alarm about melamine in Asian-made cookies

News Type: Event — Seeded on Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:07 AM EST

Article Source: The Minneapolis Star Tribune

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State officials are expanding their warning about contaminated cookies being sold in Minnesota.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture is warning consumers to avoid eating any Wonderfarm brand cookie-type biscuits due to melamine contamination.

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Groups: Global Health, HealthVine, Nutrition, Slow Food Living
Regions: Minneapolis/Saint Paul

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Dr. Diane Wakat, PhD

Two weeks ago, the Agriculture Department issued a consumer advisory for Wonderfarm cookies after melamine was found in Wonderfarm's "Successful" variety of cookies.
Now further state testing has detected melamine in three additional Wonderfarm varieties: "Royal Flavour Biscuits", "Lovely Melody Biscuits" and "Daily Life Biscuits."

State officials are urging consumers to immediately dispose of any Wonderfarm brand cookie products, which are made by Interfood Shareholding Co. in Vietnam.

The only way to guarantee that there is no melamine-adulterated ingredient in the food you eat is to choose only those foods produced in the US or to make it yourself. Of course, you must also trust the US manufacturer - which means asking them where they're sourcing their ingredients.

A home-made cookie tastes better anyway.

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#1 - Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:11 AM EST

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It is simple stop buying or allowing them to ship their food product to our country, the government knows that they are un-safe. We needs to only product the food we are going to eat in this country period, this Free Trade agreement has hurt us by having everything that we use produce in another country plus many American lost their jobs do to this. We have health standard for a reason and no food should be ship here from China, Mexico or any other countries that do not control or have the same health standard as we do.

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#2 - Thu Nov 20, 2008 11:20 AM EST

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Dr. Diane Wakat, PhD

Protection of the food supply from foreign vendors will only happen with a change of administration in Washington AND a push from all of us to our elected representatives mandating a change in the laws and surveillance procedures about foreign foodstuffs.

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#2.1 - Thu Nov 20, 2008 9:40 PM EST

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