Danube opens new factory in SaudiDanube Building Materials, a leader in construction, building materials and shop fitting industries, has opened new melamine factory in Um Salam, Jeddah. The new 10,000 sq ft Al Khaleejiah Building Material Factory is equipped with the lat More… |
Orascom to buy Dutch chemical group unitsOrascom Construction Industries (OCI), Egypt's biggest listed firm, said it has reached an agreement to buy the fertiliser and melamine units of Dutch chemicals group DSM for 310 million euros ($417 million). OCI chairman and More… |
China probes melamine-tainted milkChina has launched nationwide checks for melamine-tainted milk products after the industrial compound, which killed at least six children in 2008, reappeared on shop shelves, an official newspaper said on Tuesday. Leftovers of milk powder More… |
Saudi orders withdrawal of melamine milkSaudi Arabia has ordered the withdrawal and destruction of Chinese milk products proved to be tainted with melamine, state news agency SPA reported on Friday. Earlier this week, the Saudi Food and Drug Authority said harmful concentrations More… |
Nestle rejects Saudi milk contamination findingSaudi Arabia said on Wednesday that harmful concentrations of melamine had been found in milk powder made by a Nestle plant in China but the world's largest food group rejected the findings. 'All Nestle dairy products sold in Saudi More… |
Saudi finds melamine in milk powderSaudi Arabia's Food and Drug Authority has found a batch of a milk powder made by a Nestle plant in China to be highly contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, the authority said on Wednesday. "(The) Product contains high concen More… |
Melamine 'found in NZ product'South Korean authorities have found trace amounts of melamine in milk products imported from New Zealand that were used in baby formula and banned their import, its food safety agency said. The Korea Food and Drug Administration said in a More… |
Qatar building new malamine plantA QR900 million ($248 million) melamine project is coming up at Mesaieed, Qatar, a report said. The project is a 60:40 joint venture between Qafco and Qatar Intermediate Industries Holding Company, said a report in Gulf Times. The More… |