With news of 53,000 babies fighting renal failure in Chinese hospitals stunning the world, and authorities in countries such as Singapore, Philippines and Japan withdrawing Chinese milk products from stores, global consumer trust in products from China and, by extension all developing countries, has hit an all-time low.
Bloomberg / Shanghai/hong Kong October 03, 2008, 0:27 IST
China, embroiled in the tainted milk scandal that has killed four babies, said 15 more companies were found to have contaminated products as it widens a crackdown to allay food-safety concerns that have led to global bans.
HONG KONG: Hong Kong's food safety watchdog said the level of melamine in Cadbury products was safe, after the multinational sweet maker recalled 11 of its China-made chocolates.
Cadbury recalled the product lines from Taiwan, Australia and Hong Kong after they found traces of the industrial chemical, which has led to more than 53,000 babies falling ill in China over the past few weeks.
BEIJING: Melamine has been found in milk powder from 15 more Chinese dairies, the authorities said Wednesday, and Hong Kong's food safety agency said its tests had found melamine in a Japanese-brand cheesecake that is made in China.
Thailand is tightening restrictions on dairy products from China after finding two samples of milk powder contaminated with melamine, Deputy Health Minister Wicharn Meechainant said Tuesday. "We'will issue a new ministerial regulation very soon that milk imported from China must be checked more thoroughly," he said.
