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WARNING: Malamine on dairy products from China

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Have you heard about Melamine contents on Baby's milk, chocolates and other dairy products from China?
Please read this article below and do more search about the other products caffected by this issues.

HK finds traces of melamine in Cadbury products
10/01/2008 | 02:38 AM
KONG - Hong Kong authorities said Tuesday that some of the products made at British candy maker Cadbury's Beijing factory contained traces of the industrial chemical melamine, but the levels were within the territory's legal limit for what is considered safe.
The news came a day after the British manufacturer recalled 11 types of its Chinese-made candy after its own tests found melamine, used to make plastics and fertilizers, in the products.
Hong Kong's Center for Food Safety said it ran tests on six Cadbury products, two of which had been made in the company's Beijing factory and had been recalled, and found them to have melamine levels lower than the territory's legal limit of 2.5 parts per million.
It did not say whether it was testing the other nine products being recalled.
Cadbury said Tuesday that it was standing by its recall order, despite Hong Kong's test results.
"It was tested as satisfactory but we are still withdrawing it," said Simon Taylor, head of corporate relations and communications at Cadbury. "That makes no change from what Cadbury announced on Monday."
Health experts say ingesting a small amount of melamine poses no danger, but larger amounts of the chemical can cause kidney stones and lead to kidney failure. Infants are particularly vulnerable.Dozens of Chinese-made food products have been found to contain the chemical, which is at the center of a tainted milk scandal that has sickened more than 50,000 children and killed four babies in mainland China.
Chinese President Hu Jintao called Tuesday for the country's dairy industry to step up supervision and pay attention to product quality, a statement underscoring the top leadership's determination in resolving the scandal.
The comments by Hu, carried on China Central Television's evening news broadcast, were his most public yet since the scandal broke earlier this month.
Melamine was first detected in infant formula but has now been found in dairy and other food products.
Chinese suppliers trying to boost output are believed to have diluted their milk, adding melamine because its nitrogen content can fool tests aimed at verifying protein content.
According to the state-run China News Service, 27 people have been arrested so far in connection with the scandal.
The test results in Hong Kong raised questions the Indonesian Food and Drug Monitoring Agency's announcement Monday that a dozen products distributed nationwide, including M&Ms, Oreos and Snickers, repeatedly tested positive for melamine last week.
Hong Kong authorities said they also had tested those products and their levels of melamine were found to be "acceptable."
Independent tests commissioned by Mars Inc., which makes M&Ms and Snickers, found the products are "clear of melamine," the company said in a statement issued late Tuesday.
"These results conclusively prove that our products are safe to consume and enjoy," the statement said.
Meanwhile, Anglo-Dutch food giant Unilever is recalling its Lipton-brand milk tea powder in Hong Kong and Macau after they were found to contain traces of melamine, the company said.
The contaminated products used Chinese-made milk powder as raw material, said Sharon Hwang, marketing director for Unilever Hong Kong.
Hong Kong authorities also said they found melamine in Pocky Men's coffee cream coated biscuit stick, produced by Japan's Ezaki Glico Co. Ltd. Ezaki Glico had no immediate comment on the reported contamination.
Two samples of coconut and walnut cakes manufactured by Tian Le Yuan Foods Co. Ltd. in southern China were also found to contain melamine, authorities said.
The South Korea Food and Drug Administration said melamine had been found in Nabisco Ritz cracker cheese sandwiches and in rice crackers made by Danyang Day Bright Co.
In New Zealand, the Tatua Cooperative Dairy Co. on Monday stopped exports of the dairy protein lactoferrin, used mainly in baby formula, after tests showed it contained traces of melamine.
The Dutch food safety watchdog said Tuesday it had found slightly elevated levels of melamine in cookies imported from China and sold under the "Koala" brand. The cookies have been pulled from shelves. - AP
 
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