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Navigation Primary Navigation Home Singapore Asia Pacific World Business Entertainment Sports Technology Secondary Navigation Singapore Asia Pacific World Search Search: Melamine already in global food chain: experts By GILLIAN WONG,Associated Press Writer AP - Saturday, November 1 BEIJING - First, it was baby milk formula. Then, dairy-based products from yogurt to chocolate. Now, chicken eggs have been contaminated with melamine, and an admission by state-run media that the industrial chemical is regularly added to animal feed in China is fueling fears the problem could be more widespread, affecting fish, meat and who knows what else. Peter Dingle, a toxicity expert at Murdoch University in Perth, Australia, said, however, that aside from the tainted baby formula that killed at least four Chinese infants and left 54,000 children hospitalized just over a month ago, it is unlikely that humans will get sick from melamine. The amount of the chemical in a few servings of bacon, for instance, would simply be too low, he said. But Dingle and others said China should have cracked down sooner on feed companies that have boosted their earnings by fortifying their products with the chemical, which is normally used in the manufacture of plastic and fertilizers. Rich in nitrogen, melamine gives low-quality food and feed artificially high protein readings. "Traders can make a lot of profit by doing it," said Jason Yan, the U.S. Grains Council's technical director in Beijing. Extremely high levels of melamine _ as found in the Chinese baby formula _ can cause kidney stones and in extreme cases can bring on life-threatening kidney failure. But while scientists say it's not dangerous to ingest small amounts, they cannot be definitive because there have been no tests on melamine's effects in humans. Until the contaminated baby formula became public in September, there was never any reason to. That leaves consumers worldwide, particularly parents, worried about food products from China and even those made elsewhere with ingredients imported from Chinese companies. Among those not taking any chances is Pranee Suankaew, a homemaker in Bangkok, Thailand. "Let's go, let's go," the 37-year-old mother said as she tugged her 4-year-old away from the candy aisle where he eagerly eyed a bag of M&Ms. "We're getting you fruit and a lollipop. There's no milk in that." She said she usually gives in to avoid tantrums. "But this time, I told him, no, no, no." Experts say melamine sometimes accidentally leaches into the food supply in low levels, from things like plastic dinnerware. It can also seep in from some pesticides and fertilizers. But in China, it's become clear that the chemical is deliberately added. The baby formula set off a global recall of foods made with Chinese dairy products and sparked raids in supermarkets across Asia. Twelve truckloads of candy, yogurt and other dairy-based goods were burned in Indonesia's capital, Jakarta, just this week. In light of state media reports Wednesday on the widespread use of the chemical in animal feed, health experts say the government clearly knew melamine was being added for more than a year, since contaminated dog food made it to markets in North America, but authorities didn't crack down on producers as promised. With the scandal escalating, Chinese leaders are now desperate to clean up the country's image, making dozens of arrests in recent weeks and firing local and even high-level officials for negligence. John Chapple, a Singapore-based adviser to Sinoanalytica, a food analysis laboratory in the Chinese city of Qingdao, said the decision to allow state media to report on the years of melamine use seems to show the government is ready to be more active in dealing with food safety. "However, one is not going to change a hierarchical government system overnight," he added. "It is usually going to be slow to start to react to a crisis, but quick to finally nail it." Though China has vowed to boost inspections for melamine contamination, it will be difficult to monitor the countless small, illegally operating manufacturers found across the country, other experts said. "It could take five or even 10 years" before some companies stop adding the chemical to food products, said Yan, of the U.S. Grains Council. ___ Associated Press writer Robin McDowell in Jakarta, Indonesia, contributed to this report. 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