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Latest Melamine updates in the region

20 October 2008 No Comment

Singapore

See my earlier list here.

As of 9 October 2008, the AVA has detected melamine in three additional products imported from China. Two of the products contain milk as an ingredient while the third is meant for manufacturing use and is not available in the retail market. They are
i) Cadbury Choclairs - Blueberry Flavour;
ii) Cadbury Choclairs - Coffee Flavour; and
iii) Panda Dairy Whole Milk Powder (industrial pack)
.

This brings the total number of affected products to 13. All importers will be required to destroy the tainted products under AVA’s supervision. The other products that were earlier found to be contaminated with melamine are:

i) Yi Li Choice Dairy Fruit Bar Yogurt Flavoured Ice Confection;
ii) Dutch Lady Strawberry Flavoured Milk;
iii) White Rabbit Creamy Candy;
iv) Dutch Lady Banana Flavoured Milk;
v) Dutch Lady Honeydew Flavoured Milk;
vi) Silang - House of Steamed Potato - Potato Cracker;
vii) 徐福记 Puffed Rice Rolls - Butter Corn Flavour;
viii) 徐福记 Puffed Rice Rolls - Cheese Flavour;
ix) New Sshmallows Mallow Dippers - Strawberry Flavour; and
x) Silang - House of Steamed Potato - Potato & Tomato Cracker

Japan

    Frozen beans from China were pulled off the shelves after a woman fell ill eating a product which had 34,500 times the legal limit of pesticide.
  • Melamine was found in dried egg powder imported from China.
Malaysia
  • 10 more types of Khian Guan biscuits contained melamine levels that exceeded the permitted level, i.e. between 2.70ppm and 12.60ppm. The biscuits are Chicken Egg, Gem, Iced Gem, Marie Large, Tasty Cracker, ABC, Zoological, Supercrown Cracker, Swiss Cookie and Healthy Puff.
  • In another development, the results of tests on 10 more product samples showed that all have adhered to the melamine level allowed. These are the Almond Chips Cookies (Golden Fuji), Apple Biscuits (Sheng Kaung), Cheese Flavoured Cake (Golden Fuji), Cherry Sandwich Biscuit (Bairong), Chocolate Bean Candy (Huajlawel), Danhua Cake (Double Lantern), Healthy Daily Seaweed Soda Biscuits (Double Lantern), Instant Noodle Spicy Flavour (Nissin), Marshmellow Chocolate Flavour Filling Candy (Ego) and Milk Tablet Candy (DiDi).
  • For more information, consumers can call the division at 03-88833655 / 88833503 / 88833652 / 88833500 between 8am and 9pm, including on public holidays, or log on to http://fsq.moh.gov.my. - Bernama

With thanks to Mr Jeff Goh for the tips regarding Japan and Malaysia.

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