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Chapter 404: The Root of the Matter, Hitting the Wall (23)

this matter.

There is no doubt that Sanlu’s crimes are extremely serious.

But looking at the whole incident, it's not just about Sanlu, there are also details involved.

At the end of 2006, the wheat flour and barley flour exported to the United States did not meet the contractual standards of the United States.

The product manufacturer adds melamine and cyanuric acid to ensure that it can pass quality inspection.

Soon, the U.S. importer, pet food manufacturer "Menu Foods", received many complaints about pets dying after eating their food.

After conducting an investigation in conjunction with the U.S. FDA, it was discovered that imported food powder contained large amounts of melamine, which led to kidney failure and death of pets.

At that time, the United States took a series of measures to restrict imports of Southeast University's exported food and daily consumer goods, discriminated against Southeast University's grain and food, and constantly demonized Southeast University's products.

It is unusual that the United States is playing the grain flour card and the media is hyping it up.

Not only did it come extremely fast, but it was also full of hostility.

Malicious attacks and slander will not stop until the goal is achieved.

In addition, some internal media fanned the flames.

A stress response was triggered, and a small problem became a big problem. Then things got out of control and became increasingly embarrassing.

The results were disastrous.

The milk powder market has a stereotype.

There are problems with domestic products, but those from abroad are high-end.

Not only that, in order to increase the protein content, all protein powder or condensed cream is imported directly from New Zealand.

Why did Fonterra "sacrifice" its own 43% stake in Sanlu and cut ties with Sanlu?
Many media outlets in later generations said that he had good intentions.

In fact, they have been waiting for a long time.

What is Sanlu shares? New Zealand has huge interests in the milk powder and dairy products sector.

Seeing the opportunity to capture a market of 1.3 billion people is a huge benefit.

This is why New Zealand’s reaction was so big and at such a high level.

They just want to pull them up and fight.

In this regard, the cooperation from the outside world, from officials to businesses to the media, is very good.

Shen Santong filmed the indoor scenes at the dairy factory.

The factory director is set to be more like a sweeping monk.

As a dairyman, he would delay paying wages.

At the same time, he also cares about national affairs.

The TV was reporting news about how hard it is to get a ticket during the Spring Festival travel rush.

The dairy factory manager said, “I think this entire dairy industry is going to have a big disaster.”

Niu Geng: "What the hell, what's the big deal, I want money!"

The factory manager said: "The US dollar began to cut interest rates in September of the year before last (07). Before the rate cut, in early 9, international grain export prices rose sharply."

"At the same time, oil prices and freight rates have also increased significantly, causing a sharp increase in the prices of basic food in countries around the world."

"Global grain production has not seen a large-scale reduction, but there have been dramatic fluctuations. This is the arrival of the dollar's sickle."

"Raising interest rates is like killing the land with drought, and making people starve to death. Lowering interest rates is like releasing the vicious dog of the dollar to bite the starving people."

“Food is one of their tools.”

Niu Geng was confused and sweating. He just came to ask for his salary: "What! I don't understand the international situation! I want money!"

The factory manager was angry: "This is closely related to our industry. Global food prices have risen by 40%, and the price of corn feed for dairy cows has risen sharply."

"We dairy farmers work very hard to maintain our profits. I am already losing money, so I know I can't use shady means."

"Others who can't keep their business going may take desperate measures."

"Once there is a problem, it is a good opportunity for the dollar dog to buy up dairy assets and seize the dairy industry."

"We lost the soybean and edible oil industries in the soybean war, and now it's happening again."

Niu Geng was going crazy: "Don't ask me about the world situation."

Niu Geng's purpose was very simple, he came to ask for money for his co-workers.

The boss talked about the world situation, which was irrelevant and turned out to be a funny thing. Shen Santong explained some things in a nonsensical way.

The root cause of the melamine milk powder incident was the world food crisis in 2007.

This year, while there was no overall decrease in global grain production, the grain market deteriorated rapidly.

Who did it?

Aren’t they just the four major grain traders, ABCD?
Including pet food, in order to survive when food prices fluctuated sharply, they began to add melamine, causing the nitrogen content in milk to rise rapidly.

At that time, protein concentration detection technology was based on the nitrogen content in milk as a detection indicator, which could create false test results and then add water to increase production.

Don't blame the United States.

Rather, most of the world’s turmoil and suffering are closely related to it.

In the previous life, a new round of US dollar interest rate hikes took place on March 2022, 3.

The conflict between Da Mao and Er Mao began on February 2022, 2.

Edinburgh's total out of control begins on March 2022, 3.

Is it a coincidence or not? Is it possible that it is all coincidence?

From the past to the present and to the future.

When the US dollar raises interest rates, there will be wars and conflicts everywhere, driving money back to the United States.

When interest rates are lowered, problems will arise in industries of various countries, allowing the US dollar to be bought at the bottom.

Shen Santong shows some things through movies.

Objectively speaking, the protein standard set by Dongda University is a bit high.

Dongda’s dairy product development foundation is not as good as that of the United States, the European Union and other countries.

Decades ago, milk was still a high-end nutritional product in Dongda. The product was very scarce and only produced on a few farms in the agricultural reclamation system.

The national standard formulated in 1986 is mainly intended to regulate dairy products produced by this system.

However, it is difficult for dairy farmers who raise dairy animals in large numbers to meet this standard because their technical capabilities are not as good as those of farms with a complete agricultural reclamation system.

In fact, after the melamine incident, the new national standard promulgated in 10 lowered the standard.

China’s technological capabilities cannot compare with major dairy exporting countries such as New Zealand and Denmark.

They have a long history of animal husbandry, and their breeding cattle have been bred for several generations.

It is better to seek truth from facts, set a standard that local dairy farmers can achieve with their technology, and then conduct strict supervision.

We can’t just hand over all dairy products to foreign capital, can we?

Some media outlets think this way.

They highly yearn for a "decent society" that is complete, thorough, and without blind spots.

And they often believe that the best representative of this decent society in the world is their favorite country, such as the United States and Japan.

In fact, it's pure fantasy.

In the past, after the milk powder contamination incident, the FDA (U.S. Food and Drug Administration) conveyed its "zero tolerance" policy towards melamine in an announcement.

At that time, American milk powder manufacturers, news media, etc. interpreted this statement as that as long as melamine was detected in infant milk powder, no matter how high the content was, it would not be sold in the U.S. market.

The veiled attack was directed at the Dongda Dairy Company.

One month after the announcement, the FDA sampled and tested infant formula produced in the United States.

The results showed that among the 77 samples tested and analyzed, one sample of a certain infant formula powder produced by Nestlé was found to contain melamine twice, with contents of 2 parts per million and 0.137 parts per million respectively.

A sample of a certain infant formula produced by Mead Johnson was found to contain cyanuric acid in three tests, with a content of 3 parts per million.

The US government has hit a wall!
When it comes to Nestlé and Mead Johnson, the topic comes to an abrupt end.

Can't afford it!
The US FDA also immediately changed its attitude 180 degrees, announcing: "The FDA has never said or implied that milk powder produced in the United States does not contain melamine."

Stephen Sandloff, a senior food safety official at the U.S. FDA, changed his "zero tolerance" attitude and set a "safety line" for melamine content.

It was announced to the outside world that infant formula sold in the United States is a safe product if it does not contain melamine and its derivative cyanuric acid at the same time, and the content of either does not exceed one part per million (1ppm).

That is to say, the content of melamine or cyanuric acid in infant formula should not exceed 1ppm.

Thus, melamine began to be "legalized" in the United States.

When American laws hit big companies, they will automatically be raised three feet higher.

(End of this chapter)