Bad Whey Not the Route Into China's Infant Market.
Whey protein being exported from the United States and New Zealand has been stopped at the borders of the People's Republic of China, the Shanghai Daily reports.
The whey protein was, according to China, contaminated by enterobacter sakazakii, a potentially fatal bacteria for infants that can cause bacteraemia, meningitis and necrotising enterocolitis.
The whey protein was being shipped to the infant products manufacturer Beingmate Group Co Ltd and Hangzhou-based Wahaha Health Food Co Ltd.
A total of 37 tons of whey protein imported by Beingmate from the United States and 5.2 tons Wahaha imported from New Zealand were tainted with the bacteria.
All the whey protein was " rejected or destroyed." The Shanghai Daily did not name the companies importing the bad whey. For more, go here.
Being diplomatic about it, they also recognized both the memory of Dr. Riichi Sakazaki (August 21, 1920 - January 11, 2002) for whom the organism is named (see picture) and Dr. Don J. Brenner, Frances Brenner, Richard Fanning, Arnold J. Steigerwalt, and the late Mary Alyce Fife-Asbury who were all involved in the original Centers on Disease Control(CDC) studies that led to it being recognized as a separate species. They also gave a salute to Dr. Harry Muytjens for "his pioneering work in uncovering its ecology and epidemiology in cases of neonatal meningitis and the important role of powdered infant formula."