USA: Stop selling more than 20 million chickens suspected of having melamine

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently ordered the suspension of selling more than 20 million chickens on the market because they are fed with melamine feed.

Expected on May 7, three US agencies, including the USDA, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), will announce the danger level of chickens raised. by food poisoning for human health.

Farmed chickens in Houston.Every year, Americans meat 9 billion chickens (Photo: Reuters)

Since the beginning of the inspection campaign on March 16, US authorities have ordered more than 100 animal feed products imported from China containing melamine and have been mass deaths. cats and dogs in American states.

At least six states in the United States have imported animal feed contaminated with this chemical. Experts say melamine is a toxic substance banned from use in the United States for animal feed because it leaves sequelae to the kidneys.

* In addition, investigations revealed that mass deaths due to drugs in Panama last year were due to the fact that pharmaceutical companies here purchased fake chemicals from China . The investigation showed that barrels of diethylene glycol with glycerin labels were produced at a factory in Xiangxiang City and shipped to Shanghai (China), to Barcelona (Spain) and then to Panama.

Here last year, Panamanian pharmaceutical companies mixed a similar sweet taste but cheaper than the glycerin sweetener for 260,000 cold medicine bottles. More than 365 people, mostly children, died from taking this cold medicine.

First, diethylene glycol causes kidney to stop working. Next is the central nervous system disorder. Soon after, the motor muscles gradually faded, the respiratory muscles weakened, making it difficult for the patient to breathe and eventually breathing, death. Currently, Panamanian authorities are racing against the rainy season to test autopsies of these children. The survey showed that cheap goods in China developed faster than the speed of development and the application of safety regulations.

M.HUY