Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Melamine Scare News Articles in AP

Singapore

  • (938Live, 23 Sep 08) Melamine levels low in Singapore : While the highest level of melamine found in China is a shocking 2,500 grams per million grams, those detected in three products here are no more than 160 grams.
  • (asiaone, 21 Sep 08) "White Rabbit creamy candy" found to contain melamine : Singapore's Agri-Food and Veterinary Authority (AVA) has said that its laboratory test have shown that the "White Rabbit Creamy Candy" from China is also contaminated with melamine.
Hong Kong
  • (Associated Press, 30 Sep 08) Cadbury pulls melamine-laced chocolate from China : The recalled products included Cadbury Dark Chocette, Cadbury Eclairs, Cadbury Dairy Milk Chocolate, Cadbury Dairy Milk Hazelnut Chocolate, Cadbury Dairy Milk Cookies Chocolate and Cadbury Hazelnut Praline Chocolate.
  • (Flexnews, 30 Sep 08) Heinz, Mars, Kraft, Lotte, Pizza Hut - Latest Companies Named as Asian Melamine Scare Spreads : Hong Kong officials have said that they have found traces of melamine in baby cereals and crackers manufactured by Heinz as well as in steamed potato wasabi crackers produced by Silang House.... Hong Kong supermarkets ParknShop and Wellcome also removed the popular biscuit brand Koala Cookies, produced by Lotte, from shelves after tests showed some contained large amounts of melamine.... Meanwhile, Pizza Hut in Taiwan has pulled grated cheese from its outlets also after melamine discovery.... In Indonesia, the government ordered food retailers to pull 28 products from their shelves because they may contain tainted Chinese milk.The list is understood to include products such as Oreo cookies and M&M chocolate candies.... In the Philippines, meanwhile, authorities are checking Chinese flour for melamine as the country is fearing a possible contamination of the chemical in bread, noodles and cakes, which are popular products in the Philippines.... In Japan, Marudai Food said it had found melamine in one of its products, after earlier issuing a recall as a precaution. The company recalled more than 300,000 buns and other products last week fearing contamination.... In Vietnam - Meanwhile, Vinamilk, the country's leading dairy processor, distanced itself from suspicion after announcing that melamine had not been found in its product samples.

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