Malachite green in eels and fish imported from China and Taiwan. In 2006, the United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) detected malachite green in seafood imported from China, among others, where the substance is also banned for use in aquaculture. In June 2007, the FDA blocked the importation of several varieties of seafood due to continued malachite green contamination. The substance has been banned in the United States since 1983 in food-related applications. It is banned in the UK, also. Animals metabolize malachite green to its leuco form. Being lipophillic (the leuco form has a log "P" of 5.70), the metabolite
The Malachite Box Fairy Tale" (), based on "The Mistress of the Copper Mountain". Based on "Marko's Hill", Klara Katsman created the operetta "Mark Beregovik" (), which premiered in Sverdlovsk in 1955. Lyubov Nikolskaya composed the children's opera "Silver Hoof" based on the story of the same name in 1959. Vladimir Goryachikh composed the ballet "The Living Stone" () based on "Sinyushka's Well", which premiered in Nizhny Tagil in 1965. The 1973 opera "The Fire Maid" (based on "The Fire-Fairy") for schools was composed by Robert Long, with story adapted and lyrics by Dorothy Gulliver The 2012 opera "The Malachite Casket", based on