Wegen der Gefahr für Kinder gebe ich diesen Text so weiter:
Melamine in Chinese products - more recallsMelamine that killed many dogs last year and then the recent Chinese baby formula
Hong Kong found it in baby crackers and cereal
http://www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_content.php?id=749188White Rabbit Candy (made in China)
http://www.fda.gov/oc/po/firmrecalls/qfco09_08.html The list continues...
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Instant Coffee, Tea From China Recalled for Melamine (Update2)
By David Olmos
Sept. 26 (Bloomberg) -- Seven instant coffee and milk tea
products made in China are being recalled in the U.S. because
of possible contamination with melamine, as health fears
increased worldwide over the safety of Chinese dairy exports.
The Mr. Brown brand mixes are being recalled by King Car
Food Industrial Co., based in Taiwan, and were made by
China's Shandong Duqing Inc., the U.S. Food and Drug
Administration said today in a statement. The agency said
consumers shouldn't use the products.
The recall is the first announced by the FDA since milk tainted
with melamine, an industrial chemical, was tied in China to the
deaths of at least four babies and the illnesses of an estimated
53,000 children. The 27-nation European Union yesterday
banned all imports of dairy-based Chinese food products for
children and infants. India also has placed a three-month ban on
diary products from China.
``The FDA is still in the process of determining how widespread
the distribution is of Mr. Brown products in the United States,''
said Stephanie Kwisnek, an FDA spokeswoman, in an e-mail.
The FDA also warned consumers today not to eat White Rabbit
Creamy Candy after New Zealand's food safety authority found
the product had high levels of melamine. The agency said it was
unaware of any illnesses in the U.S. connected to the candy or
to Mr. Brown products.
Asian Store Inspections
U.S. regulators continue working with local and state health
agencies to check for Chinese-made infant formula in food
markets in communities with large Asian populations, according
to the FDA. Inspectors have visited more than 1,400 groceries in
Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Seattle and other cities
without finding any Chinese infant formula.
People who shop in Asian stores should check products for
dairy ingredients from China, said Caroline Smith DeWaal, food
and safety director at the Center for Science in the Public
Interest, a Washington-based consumer group. An investigator
from her group found milk from China as an ingredient in yogurt
drinks, biscuits, buns and pastries in Asian markets in Arlington,
Virginia, she said in a telephone interview.
The FDA ``is starting to catch up with the rest of the world,''
said Tony Corbo, a legislative representative with Food and
Water Watch, a Washington-based nonprofit consumer
organization. ``The Mr. Brown coffee and tea products were
under suspicion in Canada last week.''
Food and Water Watch called on the FDA yesterday to ban
imports of all Chinese dairy products and urged foodmakers to
test any goods they have already purchased for milk-derived
ingredients.
Call for Reform
``The recent scandal involving contaminated milk products from
China clearly demonstrates that significant work remains for
China to reform its food safety system,'' said Representative
Rosa DeLauro, a Democrat from Connecticut, who is
chairwoman of the House Appropriations subcommittee that
oversees the FDA.
Melamine, used to produce plastic and tan leather, was added
by some suppliers to make the protein content in diluted milk
appear higher than it was, the Chinese government has said.
Melamine traced to Chinese suppliers was also found in pet
food that sickened dogs and cats in the U.S. last year.
To contact the reporter on this story:
David Olmos in San Francisco at dolmos [bat] bloomberg.net
Last Updated: September 26, 2008 15:37 EDT
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Quelle:
http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aH7voh_2Bh1w&refer=usDie Gefahr ist sehr groß, daß die Täter das gepanschte Zeug auch in anderen Länder verschieben werden. Also auch nach Europa!
Wenn es zum Beispiel umgepackt und die Herkunftsangabe gefälscht wird, wer weiß dann noch, was er im Laden WIRKLICH kauft?
Kauft nur FRISCHE Waren - Kauft direkt beim Bauern!
Kauft nur FRISCHE Backwaren - Kauft direkt beim Bäcker!.
