I received this info and thought it important enough to post it here.

Hope this works !!!

Bugger it !!!! it didn't work so I'll try again.

Rick.

Edited November 24, 200816 yr by 1 Bravo 6

Right then, here we go again.

will !!!! Help !!!!!!!!!!

I tried to post the email about melamine and muffed it.

Rick.

Edited November 24, 200816 yr by 1 Bravo 6

Cut and paste it into notepad first, If it shows up there, then re-cut and paste from notepad to here.

better be worth the wait

Send it to me Rick, and I'll send you back exact instructions on how to do it next time...

Will

I get the impression that we are all about to get spammed with an email chain letter - copied and pasted in to this web forum - the kind that people forward to everyone they know by adding their entire address book to the cc line. If I'm mistaken here please accept my apologies. If not, please go to www.snopes.com and type "melamine" in the search box and see if a facsimile of the email chain letter shows up there with a reasonable explanation. If you get a "true" result and it's something that people should really know then simply post the snopes URL and don't worry about how to copy and paste an email spam.

As an aside if you're going forward the email to your entire address book at least have the courtesy of using the bcc like so as not to broadcast my email address to all of your dimwit friends who will forward it to everyone they know and where a spammer will eventually get it.

Will,

I sent it to you on the 22nd.

Mike,

You do me an injustice my friend.

If you go to;

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp

You'll find the barcodes for Chinese dairy products that contain Melamine, which they use to whiten milk and CANNOT be digested. It appears that Chinese manufacturers are not warning consumers that dairy products contain the substance. The first three barcodes indicate a product's country of origin.

Rick.

You do me an injustice my friend.

If you go to;

http://www.snopes.com/politics/business/barcodes.asp

You'll find the barcodes for Chinese dairy products that contain Melamine, which they use to whiten milk and CANNOT be digested.

I did say that if you find that your email spam is not the hoax that most are that you could just post the snopes link which you thoughtfully did.

I couldn't find specific barcodes for Chinese dairy products but it does appear that the snopes link verifies that barcodes starting with 690 through 695 originated in China. If you choose to use this information when shopping for groceries then more power to you.