Cases of contaminated milk.

Let's start with the scandalous case of milk adulterated with Melamine in China and then we go to Latin America, an episode that not only shook the Asian giant, but also resonates as a warning for the entire world. It turns out that in 2008 Sanlu one of the largest producers of baby milk powder was involved in one of the largest food safety crises in modern history and they know what the dangerous ingredient was melamine powder, a chemical compound used as for the manufacture of plastics and fertilizers. It turns out that if you add melamine you can make milk appear to have a higher protein content during food quality testing, it was basically a shortcut to meet the required protein standards, the number of victims was shocking over 300,000 babies affected among them About 54 thousand babies who had to be hospitalized, you can imagine the magnitude of those hospitals full of children and all tracing their ills to a product that ironically was considered something good for babies. Six of these babies sadly died and thousands more suffered long-term effects such as kidney stones and chronic kidney failure. We are talking about a staple baby food that was turned into a potentially deadly poison after it was discovered that health officials and some government officials The government already knew about the problem before it became public, but they chose to remain silent and look the other way to protect the company's image and national exports. A classic case of profits over people and the result of This was lawsuits, prison for company executives and a breach in trust that would take years to heal and babies' lives lost.

Other notorious cases are the addition of harmful preservatives, in 2020 such as Pil and Alpura milk, were found under scrutiny for containing preservatives that exceeded the permitted limits, we are talking about substances that can cause everything from allergies to digestive disorders. They knew that certain preservatives have been linked to autoimmune diseases, a simple glass of milk contributes to these types of problems on a large scale and it is not only Latin America, this is a problem that transcends borders, remember for example the case in Colombia in 2017 where Several local brands were sanctioned for distributing contaminated milk and found in that milk the same thing as in Mexico, high concentrations of coliform microorganisms that can cause everything from simple diarrhea to serious infections (coincidence?). There are several brands that were exposed there in Colombia involved in 2017, for example, milk brands such as the Dutch one, Alquería Colanta, were exposed under the eye of the hurricane due to the use of preservatives and the already mentioned high concentrations of coliforms. .

The same thing happened in Spain in 2019 with the Celta brand, which was highlighted for its presence of aflotoxins in its milk. If you have never heard of these famous aflotoxins, let me tell you something, they are carcinogenic, produced by certain molds that can grow in poorly stored foods. carcinogens, then a simple glass of milk could theoretically increase the risk of cancer when they contain these things.

In 2018 in Mexico, the Nido brand of milk, the one we all know is very popular, they sold this milk on television as the best for the stomach, for the intestinal flora, it has vitamins, it has more calcium, it has a lot of things that cow's milk and the worst. Even in commercials they came to you with it as a substitute for breast milk. This Nido Bueno milk was sanctioned by the Federal Consumer Prosecutor's Office by Profeco because it contained artificial preservative ingredients, added sugars and the most dangerous traces of pesticides such as chlorpyrifos that can have devastating effects on the development of the child's brain. Since a company like Nestlé sells that in nest milk that they know is for feeding babies but it doesn't end there, they have heard about the Enfamily Formula brand which by the way is expensive, one of the most expensive formulas because in Venezuela the Ministry of food found concentrations of lead in that product in 2019, we are talking about lead, a substance that the World Health Organization itself described as extremely dangerous, especially for children since it can cause reversible brain damage and affect almost all body systems. . We don't know what they are selling us, melamine is an organic compound used in the manufacture of plastics and resins and it turns out that it was also found not only in China but also in powdered baby milk from Nestle's Svelty brand in Latin America, it was the same scandal as in China. Often the penalties are tiny compared to the billions of dollars this industry makes from poisoning our children, these dirty industries get away with it and continue selling their crap, and it's all solved with bribes.