Hi Minjung,
Yes - I know what you mean! I am also a big consumer of flavored milk products (especially those cafe ole style coffee drinks ~ I'm addicted to them!) and this report frightened me when I later heard that a huge number of Korean milk/cream products use Chinese milk powders.
My wife and I became particularly concerned because our second baby is due in December. We usually used milk powder from New Zealand for our first baby, but now I hear even those products could be using Chinese milk powder! While we can be careful with which products we choose for our new baby, what about the first week or so in the hospital? Can we be sure the hospital will be using safe powder products?
It's quite terrifying, really. This and the recent scare with toxic chemicals on the toys produced in China...
As for mad cow disease, I have to admit Koreans are way too paranoid about this issue. Is that really true that if you stay in England for more than a month the Korean health authorities are concerned you could be carrying mad cow disease? That's getting a little ridiculous, I must say...
Nice to see your comment here, Minjung!
~ Jason
