Beware of Chocolate now too...
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amigone2515http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/10/05/melamine-cadbury.html?ref=rss
Tests have found unsafe levels of the chemical melamine in two Cadbury chocolate products made at a Beijing factory, Hong Kong's food safety agency said Sunday.
British chocolate maker Cadbury ordered a recall of its Chinese-made products last Monday. At the time, the company said its own preliminary tests had "cast doubt on the integrity" of the chocolate.
The two items were among 11 Chinese-made products that have already been recalled by Cadbury in parts of Asia and the Pacific.
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety said samples of the two products contained considerably more melamine than the city's legal limit of 2.5 parts per million.
Cadbury's Dairy Milk Hazelnut Chocolate Bulk Pack contained 56 parts per million of melamine, while Dairy Milk Cookies Chocolate contained 6.9 parts per million, the centre said.
"Based on the levels detected, the public is advised to stop consuming the products concerned," a center spokesman said in a statement.
Melamine contamination in infant formula, fresh milk and other milk products in China this year has been blamed for the deaths of four children, and caused kidney ailments among 54,000 others.
Melamine is used to make plastics and fertilizers. It is high in nitrogen and when added to food products can mask low nutrient levels in standard tests.
It's believed the chemical may have been added to products to bolster apparent protein levels in diluted or poor-quality milk.
Tests have found unsafe levels of the chemical melamine in two Cadbury chocolate products made at a Beijing factory, Hong Kong's food safety agency said Sunday.
British chocolate maker Cadbury ordered a recall of its Chinese-made products last Monday. At the time, the company said its own preliminary tests had "cast doubt on the integrity" of the chocolate.
The two items were among 11 Chinese-made products that have already been recalled by Cadbury in parts of Asia and the Pacific.
Hong Kong's Centre for Food Safety said samples of the two products contained considerably more melamine than the city's legal limit of 2.5 parts per million.
Cadbury's Dairy Milk Hazelnut Chocolate Bulk Pack contained 56 parts per million of melamine, while Dairy Milk Cookies Chocolate contained 6.9 parts per million, the centre said.
"Based on the levels detected, the public is advised to stop consuming the products concerned," a center spokesman said in a statement.
Melamine contamination in infant formula, fresh milk and other milk products in China this year has been blamed for the deaths of four children, and caused kidney ailments among 54,000 others.
Melamine is used to make plastics and fertilizers. It is high in nitrogen and when added to food products can mask low nutrient levels in standard tests.
It's believed the chemical may have been added to products to bolster apparent protein levels in diluted or poor-quality milk.
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Date: 2008-10-05 08:45 pm (UTC)I swear. I'm not going to buy anything from China/Asia again. It's all toxic. *Headdesk*
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Date: 2008-10-05 09:07 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2008-10-06 01:31 am (UTC)