CHRISTIANITY IN EAST AFRICA East African Expressions of Christianity. Edited by THOMAS SPEAR and ISARIA N. KIMAMBO. Oxford: James Currey; Dar es Salaam: Mkuki na Nyota; Nairobi: EAEP; Athens: Ohio University Press, 1999. Pp. xii + 340. £40 (ISBN 0-85255-757-4); £14.95, paperback (ISBN 0-85255-758-2).

2000 ◽  
Vol 41 (2) ◽  
pp. 295-346
Author(s):  
KEVIN WARD
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Ohio University ◽  
East African

Melamine Milk Powder and Infant Formula Sold in East Africa

2010 ◽  
Vol 73 (9) ◽  
pp. 1709-1714 ◽  
Author(s):  
DAGMAR SCHODER
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Infant Formula ◽  
Daily Intake ◽  
Milk Powder ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Brand Name ◽  
Sensitive Assay ◽  
East African ◽  
Milk Products ◽  
Sub Saharan

This is the first study proving the existence of melamine in milk powder and infant formula exported to the African market. A total of 49 milk powder batches were collected in Dar-es-Salaam (Tanzania, East Africa), the center of international trade in East Africa, which serves as a commercial bottleneck and shipment hub for sub-Saharan, Central, and East Africa. Two categories of samples were collected between October and December 2008, immediately after the melamine contamination of Chinese products became public: (i) market brands of all international companies supplying the East African market and (ii) illegally sold products from informal channels. Melamine concentration was determined with the AgraQuant Melamine Sensitive Assay. Despite the national import prohibition of Chinese milk products and unlabeled milk powder in Tanzania, 11% (22 of 200) of inspected microretailers sold milk powder on the local black market. Manufacturers could be identified for only 55% (27) of the 49 investigated batches. Six percent (3 of 49) of all samples and 11% (3 of 27) of all international brand name products tested revealed melamine concentrations up to 5.5 mg/kg of milk powder. This amount represents about twice the tolerable daily intake as suggested by the U.S Food and Drug Administration. Based on our study, we can assume that the number of affected children in Africa is substantial.

Conference on Agricultural Sectoral Planning in East Africa

1967 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-277
Author(s):  
G. K. Helleiner
Keyword(s):  
East Africa ◽  
Ford Foundation ◽  
Dar Es Salaam ◽  
Civil Servants ◽  
Agricultural Economics ◽  
Economic Research ◽  
East African ◽  
The Third ◽  
Sectoral Planning ◽  
The University

This conference was the third in a series of biannual conferences organised by academics and civil servants working in agricultural economics in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Delegates from Ghana, Nigeria, Botswana, U.S.A., and the F.A.O. also attended and participated in the discussions. The conference was financed by the Ford Foundation, organised and sponsored by the Economic Research Bureau of the University College, Dar es Salaam, and supported by the three East African Governments.

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