Melamine in Chinese milk products and consumer confidence

Qiao, Guanghui; Guo, Ting; Klein, K. K.

doi:10.1016/j.appet.2010.05.047

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“…However, melamine is banned in food products and additives [1]. In recent years, especially after the Sanlu Milk Scandal in China (2008), contamination and intentional addition of melamine in dairy products has been a global hotspot [2]. The crude protein level can elevate for more than 4% by adding 1% melamine due to its high nitrogen content (66% by mass).…”

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Highly sensitive detection of melamine based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between rhodamine B and gold nanoparticles

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“…Although several studies have analysed Chinese consumers' anxiety about specific foods, a detailed analysis of anxiety about grain safety has been limited to a few notable incidents by the media and scholars (e.g. Qiao et al 2010;Zhong & Yi, 2010). There has been little or no specialized research on consumer anxiety about grain safety.…”

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Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) eprints@whiterose.ac.uk https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Reuse Unless indicated otherwise, fulltext items are protected by copyright with all rights reserved. The copyright exception in section 29 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 allows the making of a single copy solely for the purpose of non-commercial research or private study within the limits of fair dealing. The publisher or other rights-holder may allow further reproduction and re-use of this version -refer to the White Rose Research Online record for this item. Where records identify the publisher as the copyright holder, users can verify any specific terms of use on the publisher's website. TakedownIf you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. Abstract: China has a long history of eating staple plant foods which are mainly derived from food grains, especially rice and wheat. Food grain safety has been a worrying challenge on health and nutrition grounds in China, although evidence clearly suggests that expanding agricultural production is linked to reducing undernourishment. The focus of this study is to investigate consumers' anxieties about food grain safety in China. The nature and extent of consumer anxieties about grain safety, the cause of these anxieties, and possible ways to relieve anxiety are empirically analyzed. Data were collected using semi-structured interviews with 142 grain consumers in 29 provinces of China, in both rural and urban areas, during 2016. The results show that consumers are worried about the production and processing safety of food grains and genetically modified cereals and that the causes of anxiety are varied. Anxiety is amplified by social media reports of food scandals, polluted ecological environments, the high incidence of food-related chronic diseases and cancer, concerns about food system governance and lack of knowledge and ability to identify grain quality. Consumers seek to relieve their anxiety by identifying grain quality themselves, choosing foreign grains and paying close attention to reports about unsafe food. These findings have important implications for future programs aimed at improving consumer confidence about grain safety.

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“…We conclude that, in the absence of independent medical advice, affordable medical treatment and adequate government regulation, infant formula companies will continue to be able to make ill-founded health claims for their products and employ dubious promotional tactics. Judging by recent market reports, however, these strategies appear to have had the desired effect as sales of infant formula have quickly returned to their pre-2008 levels (Qiao, et al, 2010) although the balance between domestic and imported brands may have altered in favour of the latter.…”

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“…Following the food scare, consumers manifested a high level of distrust of the government sectors that were in charge of food safety regulation and supervision, as well as the Chinese dairy industry of which some 22 companies were implicated in the infant formula scandal. (Xinhua News Agency, 2008;Qiao, et al 2010;Zhang, et al 2010). The Chinese dairy industry then faced serious problems restoring consumer confidence in local (domestic) brands as the sale of imported brands soared despite their significantly higher prices (authors, in press).…”

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Mediating science and nature: Representing and consuming infant formula advertising in China

Gong

Jackson

2013

European Journal of Cultural Studies

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Abstract:This paper analyses the representation and consumption of infant formula advertising on Chinese television, following the baby milk scare in 2008. Drawing on the concepts of 'encoding/decoding' and 'circuit of culture', the paper investigates how the Chinese dairy industry encodes the messages of food safety and quality in their advertisements and how parents decode the messages as part of their risk management strategies. The paper focuses on two moments -representation and consumption -in the 'circuit of culture'. Combining a critical analysis of advertising imagery with focus group and interview regarding its consumption, the paper suggests that the dairy industry juxtaposed images of science and nature to mediate messages about the quality and safety of infant formula. Findings show that Chinese consumers decode these messages based on their previous experience and knowledge, exhibiting considerable ambivalence about the advertising of infant formula and reflecting significant anxiety about the product's quality and safety. Both the representation and consumption of the advertising messages should be understood within the wider social and political context including the prevalent medicalization of childcare which accompanied recent neoliberal reforms and the lax regulation of health product advertising in China. The paper concludes that, in the absence of independent medical advice, affordable medical treatment and adequate government regulation, infant formula companies can make illfounded health claims for their products and employ dubious promotional tactics.

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Melamine in Chinese milk products and consumer confidence

Cited by 67 publications

References 5 publications

Highly sensitive detection of melamine based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between rhodamine B and gold nanoparticles

Highly sensitive detection of melamine based on fluorescence resonance energy transfer between rhodamine B and gold nanoparticles

Consumer anxieties about food grain safety in China

Mediating science and nature: Representing and consuming infant formula advertising in China

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