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Thailand health inspectors are testing nearly 100 imports from China
from possible melamine contamination, and have found melamine levels of 0.38
milligrams per kilogram and 0.55 milligrams per kilogram in the powdered milk
from Shuangwa Dairy Co., the FDA said in a statement. The levels are below Thailand’s
legal limit of 1 milligram per kilogram.
On Wednesday, the Thai FDA temporarily
banned the sale and import of 10 dairy products from China, candies, buns and biscuits
counting among them.
The growing scandal over tainted milk
products has prompted many countries including Cambodia,
Singapore, Indonesia, Japan,
Australia, Thailand, Malaysia,
Taiwan, and New Zealand, to
ban, or recall Chinese dairy products.
Health officials recommend that consumers
avoid Mr. Brown instant coffee and milk tea products and White Rabbit Creamy candies,
products which are made in China.
British candy-maker Cadbury recalled 11
types of Chinese-made chocolate after the products have been found tainted with
melamine, an industrial chemical product usually used to produce plastic
materials, fertilizers and pesticides. The chemical is added to low-quality or
watered-down milk to boost its protein readings and fetch a higher price. Melamine,
which is high in nitrogen, can cause kidney stones and other organ problems.
At least three babies are dead and more
than 50,000 infants in China
have become sick with kidney stones or kidney failure associated with the
consumption of infant formula contaminated with melamine. Chinese authorities
pulled 4,247 tons of milk powder and 1,562 tons of liquid milk from the shelves
in an attempt to put an end to the tainted-milk scandal which spread global fear
about Chinese products made with milk or milk powder.
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