Amid the scandal over tainted milk, a Chinese mother with an eye for business opportunity has stirred controversy by offering to breast-feed other children—at a price.
The 32-year-old woman surnamed Huang said she is producing more milk than her 3-month-old son can consume, so she is offering to sell the surplus, straight from the source, for 300 yuan (US$44) a day.
"Every day, I had to dispose of more than two kilograms milk, which was a great pity," said Huang. "Too much milk made me feel uncomfortable, and I had to get up every night to express it."
Huang, who lives in Chengdu, capital of Sichuan province, said she had received about 30 phone calls from prospective clients but had had no takers.
“My husband fully supports for me on this,” she said in her online advertisement on Tianyaclub.com under the name “Bushisgood”.
She said she would prefer customers to live with her, or rent a house nearby, which could cost about 1,000 yuan ($146) a month, to allow their babies to benefit from the freshness of the milk.
If prospective customers have doubts about her own health or the safety of her milk, Huang said, she is willing to undergo a comprehensive physical examination.
UPDATE: 30 SEPT 2008
More than 13000 infants had developed kidney stones and four infants have died after drinking baby formula tainted with melamine, a chemical illegally added to give false protein readings in tests.
Common symptoms of kidney stones could include: excruciating pain, sore back, back spasms, abdominal and groin pain, bloody and cloudy urine, fatigue, nausea, fever and chills. And these unforgiving symptoms can last for months until the kidney stones are removed.
SURGERY TO REMOVE THE KIDNEY STONE
Kidney stone
MELAMINE ALERT:
AVOID THESE FOOD
MORE INFORMATIONS ON MELAMINE
Hong Kong
http://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/whatsnew/whatsnew_fstr/whatsnew_fstr_Test_results_of_dairy_product_samples.html
Taiwan
http://food.doh.gov.tw/web_new/content.aspx?ProgId=3500
Singapore
http://www.ava.gov.sg/
Malaysia
http://fsis.moh.gov.my/fqc/
Korea
http://www.kfda.go.kr/index.html
Philippines
http://www.bfad.gov.ph/No list yet.
Indonesia
http://www.indonesia.go.id/id/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=507&Itemid=1232
Japan
http://www.fsc.go.jp/index.html
China
http://www.aqsiq.gov.cn/
America
http://www.fda.gov/bbs/topics/NEWS/2008/NEW01891.html
Canada
http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/concen/2008melamine.shtml
UPDATE: 2 OCT 2008
Metal-laced Chinese Herbal Medicine Found
Chinese herbal medicine found tainted with metallic substances is raising fear in Korea in the wake of the scare involving melamine in Chinese food imports.
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