Melamine contamination leads to sweets recall
Yesterday I wrote on our sister blog The Human Imprint about the ongoing melamine recalls throughout the world connected with Chinese dairy products. The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has today issued the following alert:
"Following on from the current incident regarding milk and milk products contaminated with melamine in China, the FSAI has been made aware of unsatisfactory results (180ppm melamine) found by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) in a Chinese manufactured confectionery product called 'White Rabbit Creamy candies'. This product has subsequently been withdrawn in other countries.
The product has been found on sale in Ireland in some Asian/Chinese speciality retail outlets. The ingredients of this product list among others: sweetened condensed milk and whole milk powder. The presence of melamine in the sweets is almost certainly as a result of the use of melamine-contaminated milk and milk products in their manufacture in China.
Melamine is an industrial contaminant used in plastics manufacture and is not permitted to be added as a food ingredient.
The level of melamine found in the product by NZFSA was unsatisfactory and there is a potential risk of illness, particularly in young children, if the sweets are consumed over an extended period of time."
Postscript
On the 25th September the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a health hazard alert warning the public not to consume, distribute or sell White Rabbit brand candy as they may be contaminated with melamine.
"Following on from the current incident regarding milk and milk products contaminated with melamine in China, the FSAI has been made aware of unsatisfactory results (180ppm melamine) found by the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) in a Chinese manufactured confectionery product called 'White Rabbit Creamy candies'. This product has subsequently been withdrawn in other countries.
The product has been found on sale in Ireland in some Asian/Chinese speciality retail outlets. The ingredients of this product list among others: sweetened condensed milk and whole milk powder. The presence of melamine in the sweets is almost certainly as a result of the use of melamine-contaminated milk and milk products in their manufacture in China.
Melamine is an industrial contaminant used in plastics manufacture and is not permitted to be added as a food ingredient.
The level of melamine found in the product by NZFSA was unsatisfactory and there is a potential risk of illness, particularly in young children, if the sweets are consumed over an extended period of time."
Postscript
On the 25th September the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) issued a health hazard alert warning the public not to consume, distribute or sell White Rabbit brand candy as they may be contaminated with melamine.
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