I gave you an introduction to melamine in my post “Melamine, oh thy name is Legion” where I also hypothesized that, since melamine has been used as a fertilizer and pesticide in the past, that there may be a looming second wave of melamine crisis coming.
It didn’t take that long for others to make this connection.
Reuters has an article on its wire today (10/31/08) entitled “Hong Kong to test meat, vegetables for melamine” by Tan Ee Lyn that starts like this:
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong will soon begin testing meat, vegetables and processed food for melamine, a move that underlines concerns about environmental contamination and food safety, experts say.
And this gem:
