Poisonous Chinese ingredient implicated in Canada coffee recall

(Canada.com, The Province): "A Canadian importer of Taiwanese instant coffee has voluntarily recalled several of its products because they may be tainted with melamine.

• The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) and importer Thai Indochine Trading Inc. Tuesday advised people not to consume the Mr. Brown 3-in-1 instant coffee products.

• The affected Mr. Brown products are Instant 3-in-1 Mandheling Blend, Blue Mountain Blend and Arabica Coffees....

This latest recall follows one that was announced by the inspection agency on Sunday of the Chinese-made Nissin Cha Cha Dessert...

• Melamine is rich in nitrogen and relatively cheap. Adding it to milk

• makes watered-down milk's protein level appear higher.

Standard quality tests estimate protein levels by measuring nitrogen content." via Free Republic

• (Noted in the article, melamine is the ingredient said to have caused the deaths of Chinese babies).

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