Chapter 217: Melamine

The impact of China's dairy contamination was so great that it took 10 years to recover. According to the data, in 2017, the proportion of foreign-funded milk powder in the domestic first- and second-tier markets reached 80%, and it can be said that the Sanlu milk powder incident caused by trispermine completely destroyed the confidence of the domestic people in the dairy industry.

Zhou Shi recalls the incident little by little, as if a so-called "farmer" in Hebei Province set up a factory to produce "protein powder" made from melamine and maltodextrin, and then sold it to the milk purchasing station of Sanlu and other enterprises. Then Sanlu didn't know what was wrong, and there was no problem detected in the production process, and on September 2, 2007, the Hebei Provincial Quality Supervision and Inspection Institute tested the nutritional indicators, physical and chemical indicators and safety indicators such as protein, nitrite, and antibiotic residues, and the results were all qualified. Later, the incident came to light, resulting in more than 10,000 hospitalizations and 4 deaths. The incident deteriorated rapidly and melamine was detected in 69 batches of products from 22 manufacturers, including Yili, Mengniu, Guangming, Shengyuan and Yashili.

The more Zhou Shi thought about it, the more ugly his face became, in the face of such a disaster, he would rather not know. Now it can be said that whatever he does is wrong, and he can't bear to let things go naturally. Exposing it in advance is not beneficial to others, and it is not beneficial to destroy an industry by himself, and he also hopes that if the country does not give Zhou Shi small shoes, it is even smaller than the probability of him being reborn again. As for helping the mass consumers, from the perspective of interests, it can be said that there is no benefit, the public is forgetful, and Zhou Shi, who was suppressed by the state, will disappear from the memory of the public in a short time. Maybe in the future, it will only exist in the pile of old papers of some people, or more in the cent party, even those who make profits will not remember Zhou Shi's benefits.

"Why are you suddenly so bad?" Professor Wei

"Teacher Wei came to me for something, in fact, I don't need to tell me about this matter, I don't know if it's better, I know what to do. Zhou Shi eased up and said with a smile

"You can't be ambitious and find a way to bring people down. Professor Wei's joke once again caused waves in Zhou Shi's heart. Zhou Shi fell silent again, his clenched hands almost bruised.

"Zhou Shi, is there something wrong?" Dean Liu stood up and walked over.

Zhou Shi closed his eyes and took a few deep breaths to calm himself as calmly as possible.

"Teacher, there is one thing now, if you do it, it may destroy an industry in China, but if you don't do it, hundreds of thousands of ordinary people will be threatened to their lives and health. I, I ......." Zhou Shi was a little speechless.

The two teachers sat down at this time and remained silent, such a thing is a difficult choice for both individuals and groups.

"This incident is bound to erupt, but the length of time is a matter of time, but the longer it drags on, the more people will suffer. "Zhou Shi

"Tell me, what the hell is going on?" Professor Wei

"I still don't say it, it's better to not know about such things. "Zhou Shi

"If you want to say it, you can say it, whatever you want. Professor Wei took the case.

"I have received reliable information that domestic brands of infant milk powder and a small amount of foreign brand milk powder have been contaminated with a chemical called spermine, and long-term or repeated intake of melamine in large quantities may affect the kidneys and bladder, leading to the formation of stones. ”

In fact, if the ingestion of melamine is low, it will be quickly excreted through the kidneys and will not cause harm to human health. Consumption of melamine-contaminated infant milk powder leads to urinary stones, and the prognosis of children with mild disease is better; Even in the case of acute kidney failure, kidney function can be restored if prompt treatment. The real harm of this incident is not how toxic melamine is, but the disregard for the safety of consumers' lives by domestic companies such as Sanlu, and a series of trust crises caused by it.

"In addition, I heard that some overseas institutions have confirmed evidence that they want to use this incident to hit the domestic dairy industry hard and make the public lose trust in domestic brands. Zhou Shi still didn't want to get involved too much in this matter, so he had to exaggerate a little, transitioning from the industrial crisis to the malicious manipulation of hostile forces. However, there are such conspiracy theories in the market, and there are many coincidences.

New Zealand's Fonterra is Sanlu's largest overseas shareholder, with a 43% stake. At that time, the original intention was to introduce Fonterra's advanced technology and management, if they began to cooperate at the end of 2005, by the end of 2007 Fonterra did not have part of the management of Sanlu, I am afraid no one believed.

Another important role in this incident is that Zhang Yujun began to produce "protein powder" in July 2007, and a large batch of "protein powder" was added to Sanlu milk powder at the end of 2007. But there is another one of them, which is why it is mainly added to Sanlu, and not other dairy companies. You must know that there are only a few unqualified batches in Mengniu Yili, and the melamine content is tens of milligrams, far lower than the thousands of milligrams in Sanlu.

If Sanlu subjectively has serious additions, it will never start only at the end of 2007. Choosing this time to start adding a large dose can only be said to be deliberately artificial, it has made careful planning and calculations on the dose and onset time of infants and young children, pointing to the eve of the Olympic Games.

Of course, these conspiracy theories have all kinds of flaws that are difficult to justify. But it also provided Zhou Shi with an idea.

"Are you sure?" Dean Liu

"I only believe that Sanlu's milk powder has a very large melamine content, and Sanlu's quality management system can be said to be seriously out of control, but I don't know why their quality management system is getting worse and worse after cooperating with Fonterra. After Zhou Shi read the conspiracy theory, he was also very skeptical of this, this is really unreasonable, Fonterra's stake in Sanlu has 43 percent! But judging from the results, China's dairy industry has fallen, and it is foreign-funded enterprises like Fonterra that have benefited the most.

"Do you have any concrete evidence. "Professor Wei

Zhou Shi shook his head, how could he prepare evidence for you with the things he just thought of.

"That's not going to be easy!" Professor Wei

"The school can really withstand this kind of pressure, and the principal will not let the teacher carry forward the style and sacrifice the ego. "Zhou Shi

"You think too much, it's not like that, things are not as pessimistic as you think. ”

"Really, I don't read much, don't lie to me. Zhou Shi was still a little worried

"You can tell me what you want. "Professor Wei.

"Professor Wei, do you see if Peking University lacks a food safety and hygiene inspection and testing laboratory, should I donate 10 million to set up this laboratory first. ”

"Profiteers, sure enough, are still profiteers! It's good to have money. "Dean Liu

100,000 grass and mud horses are dangling on the stones of Zhou, he is an honest and trustworthy little Langjun!