farmeric September 29th, 2008
I repeat, this is an official but partial list of milk and other milk products collected by BFAD for testing for the presence of Melamine as of September 29, 2008.
These 52 products are not yet BANNED! but still for testing. I’ll be updating this page as soon as BFAD released a new advisory, so bookmark this page now.
- Anchor Wam Frootmilk Drink Mango Magic
- Anchor Wam Frootmilk Orange Chill
- Anchor Wam Frootmilk Strawberry Spin
Contaminated Milk courtesy of http://www1.whdh.com
- Dutch Lady Pure Milk
- Farmland Skim Milk
- Greenfood Yili Pure Milk
- Jinwei Drink
- Jollycow Pure fresh Milk
- Jollycow Slender Lowfat Milk
- KLIM Instant Full Cream Milk Powder (1.8 Kg) Continue Reading »
Tags: banned milk, china scandal, melamine
farmeric September 29th, 2008
What is Melamine?
An organic compound used in making plastic, fertilizer, foam products and tanning leather.
Why melamine is being added on milk?
Image courtesy of www.haydenpanettierefans.com
To give the false appearance of a higher level of protein. It is said that 1 liter of milk with melamine and water can produce 4 liters of milk!.
Aside from milk and milk products, are there more food products that contained melamine? Continue Reading »
Tags: banned milk, melamine, milk
farmeric September 12th, 2008
Coastal Cleanup Occular Visit c/o Vic Manlapaz
Join the 1st Coke Philippines International Coastal Clean-Up on Sept. 20, 2008 SAT 6AM, and help start a sea change.
The International Coastal Cleanup, organized by The Ocean Conservancy, is the world’s largest volunteer event of its kind. Last year, 378,000 volunteers from 76 countries and 45 states cleared six million pounds of trash from oceans and waterways and recorded every piece of trash collected.
This September 20, 2008, Saturday at 6AM, Coca-Cola Philippines invites you, your family & friends to be one with us and thousands of volunteers world-wide in a globally-coordinated event, as we clean up an area of the Manila Bay in San Dionisio, Paranaque located near the Continue Reading »
Tags: coastal cleanup, ocean, volunteer
farmeric September 4th, 2008
Nuts over Coconut by Nestor Cuartero
Coconut Tree of Life
WONDERS NEVER CEASE for the tree of life.
At the 7th National Coconut Festival held from August 7 to 10 at the Megatrade Hall of SM Megamall in Mandaluyong City, guests were introduced to new coco health products, both edible and un, much to their amazement and celebration.
New health products that caught the eye of the festival-goers included coco sap beverages, skim milk beverages, gluten-free coconut flour, and fiber-rich low sugar food products.
Last year, in the same coco festival, we were won over by coco sugar, nutritious sugar made from coconut sap, which is supposed to be good for diabetes. Other previous revelations from the annual festival include Virgin Coconut Oil in its many variations, including VCO for massage therapy and well-being. In festivals past, also highlighted were other coco-based invetions like coco fiber geo textiles and coco biodiesel.
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Tags: coco biodiesel, coconut, coconut oil, coconut tree, Food, Herbal, Plants, tree of life
