In a the mist of the US financial and economical fallout, North Korea's threat of restarting their nuclear facilities and other world aspects. None of these comes close in affecting where I stayed, Singapore. The recent scandal of the Chinese dairy product tainted with melamine had affected closest to me than the rest of these depressing issues.

I walked through the supermarkets these days and found that most of the milk products that got imported from China got cleared from the shelves. Two of my frequently consumed snacks, White Rabbit Creamy Candy and Silang's Puffed Rice Rolls, tested positive on melamine. Making matters worse, even Dutch Lady Strawberry Flavoured Milk which I consumed almost like twice in a week gets into the ban list. With so many dairy- related products getting banned, I am at a loss on the type of milk substitutable products that I can have for breakfast.

This scandal had got me frustrated since it means more checking on the ingredients of the food I consumed when I purchased them from the supermarket. Secondly, it gives me more headache on what should I have for my breakfast since no longer could eat my usual stuff. Thirdly, this incident make me lose my confidence on products that have the 'Make in China' tag.

What got me pissed off the most is that the Chinese government had already knew of this problems beforehand and had it covered up in order not to tarnish the Beijing 2008 Games (Refer to report here). It makes me wonder if they even take into the consideration the lives of the baby infants that their product had endangered comparing it to the glory of the Olympics and the medals won. The Chinese government had me wondering if they are talking about human lives at stake being insignificant. We are talking about consumer responsibility here. Is the government actually doing something besides compensating all those affected by it?

This is so contradicting of what I had learn in my Global Marketing, where we had discussed of how Chinese product being made with low cost but with improving quality levels. Screw it dudes, this is the last time I am purchasing a 'Made- in- China' product. Luckily for the time- being, I found a substitute of all my daily dairy- consumed products to those manufactured from Australia and Malaysia.

Now I am hoping that my Nintendo DS and my HTC Touch Cruise, both I believe to be manufactured in China, doesn't get spoiled. In any case, replacing them would definitely burn a large hole in my pockets.

1) How has this scandal affected your area?
2) your daily supermarket shopping activities?
3) If so, what steps is your local mart doing to prevent these tainted goods from being bought?
4) What milk products that you have been consuming on a daily basis and got banned recently because of this incident?
5) What other 'Made- in- China' products do you have in your current possession and you hope that it wouldn't get spoiled?
6) Has this incident made you lose your faith in Chinese manufactured products?