Melamine in Mainland Milk Powder Updates

There was a long list of "cleared" milk brands in the Apple Daily newspaper, thank god my toddler's milk Wyeth is cleared.
 
mushi said:
why does 'nestle dairy farm milk - catering use ' feature both in DETECTED and NOT DETECTED?....rani could u pls. clarify?
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I'll do my best. Looks like the expiry dates are different, and hence must be from different production batches.
 
Just to reassure you all a little - out of ALL the products in Hong Kong that were contaminated, the level of contamination was between 100-1000 times LESS than the ones in China - we haven't had ANYTHING that would really pose a serious health risk. Still, be careful - but there's no need to be too concerned because even with the contaminations, they are really small. You would get more exposure to melamine from using melamine "plastic" bowls (eg, a lot of the disney kids bowls etc) in the microwave - they're not technically microwave save... But MANY people use them in the microwave anyway (You can see if the bowl is melamine by looking on the bottom, it should say "melamine" if it is). So in reality, that's a much bigger issue in Hong Kong than any of the melamine contaminations in the milk products here...
 
In China they have said that M&M chocolates and also Magnum icecreams have also the tainted milk. scary
 
any word on whether Starbucks in Hong Kong have been using tainted milk? we have been known to treat our daughter to a creme drink there...I shudder to think...
 
Does anyone know if milk from Kowloon Dairy is ok? Can't find information anywhere but I saw in today's paper it uses ingredients from China.
 
Hi..
Kowloon Dairy imported their milk from Guangdong, China and do the packaging in Tuen Mun. I think you should wait until the government do the testing on their product before starting to consume their milk. It's safer that way.
 
Hoax Email on Contaminated Milk

Hi, Everyone,

Just received two separate emails with a huge list of melamine tainted recalled products with some names like Dutch Lady, Dove Dreyers, M&M, Snickers, etc. The emails do not mention the source of this list and some of the items are inconsistent with the CFD's list. I just want to check if anyone knows if this list is true and where it comes from. If it is unsubstantiated, I would really like to advise people not to send it along. We should certainly be wary, but not be party to spreading a spirit of fear and panic.

Stephanie
 
I received the same message only via sms. I haven't been able to corroborate the message but do think it is better to err on the side of caution. It is very possible that these products are tainted. In fact, I do wonder what other rubbish is going into all food out of China now that it is common knowledge that putting melamine into baby formula was done very deliberately to mask inferior protein levels and to bolster profits at the expense of the health and indeed lives of babies. If babies are fair game I'm sure adult food suffers much the same treatment.
 
Yes, but why spread news when it might not be true? If we want to warn people, refer them to the correct sources. But wanted to check as well if anyone has a list of the products that were tested and recalled in China for melamine? I found a link to what I guess is the Chinese Government version of CFS but it was all in Chinese, which I was unable to read.
 
I think that list is of products that have been removed from the shelves of supermarkets in Singapore. Many of those products have not been tested for melamine so we have no idea if they are contaminated or not, but the supermarkets are erring on the side of caution and are simply removing any items with Chinese milk ingredients in them first.
 
Steph, if you're waiting for Chinese companies to admit to adding melamine to their products you could be waiting a long time.

54,000 kids are in hospital, 4 are dead. I'm going to err on the side of caution, like the supermarkets in Singapore. If we were talking about 3 people getting sick at MacDonalds i would agree it would be inappropriate to encourage paranoia but we're talking about something of a completely different scale. My family's health comes before anything else.
 
thanks for the clarification on where that list is from, bobby8.

obviously a difference in opinion, aussiegal. i just like to verify any information first before i send it out to people.

of course the health of our children is of paramount importance, but its ridiculous that there are panicking mothers taking their children to hospital for checkup that have not even been fed any products manufactured in China and do not have any symptoms. they are taking up services and time that could be spent on children that actually need it.
 
Steph, i don't think you can blame mothers for being concerned about their children. The reality is that hospitals here have not put the appropriate measures in place to handle such situations.

Besides, I'm sure the number of children who haven't had milk etc from the mainland but have gone to hospital is minimal. If you read the papers you will see that most have been drinking milk and formula that does in fact come from China and I'm not surprised they are worried.
 
I am also erring on the side of caution- and any trust I had in Chinese manufacturers is lost! I have banned all chinese dairy products from our home- my family's safety comes first!

People are bound to panic- and bound to seek reassurance.
 
For more information on Singapore's measures -http://www.ava.gov.sg/

I'm not saying don't err on the side of caution, but I'm just making the case that we should also be careful when you're spreading information. There are lots of people out there who take advantage of situations like these and create unneccessary fear. It appears Singapore government is certainly exercising caution by pulling all products with any Chinese milk in them even if they have not been tested. But you'll also notice that they are also advising people not to be unduly concerned - a child would have to drink 4 litres of Dutch Strawberry milk on a daily basis over a prolonged period of time to have any ill effects. Actually, there's no way of knowing if there are any products not manufactured in China but have Chinese milk ingredients. So I guess the safest thing really is to go back to basics - avoid all non-processed food which may have dairy products in them at all and make sure you're exclusively breastfeeding your babies.

Look, sorry to get everybody worked up - I just hate hoax emails, that's all and the email I got looked suspiciously like one.
 
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