Friday, September 26, 2008
Melamine
Recently, the news and the whole world has been panicking over the incident of Melamine that was found in the milk produced from China. A lot of babies were affected with kidney stones that results in a few dead and seriously ill babies.
Singapore AVA has stepped up the inspection of the products imported into Singapore from China and other countries to detect Melamine. It was found that the following products contains Melamine:
- Yi Li Choice Dairy Fruit Bar Yogurt Flavoured Ice Confection
- Dutch Lady Strawberry Flavoured Milk
- White Rabbit Creamy Candy
- Dutch Lady Banana Flavoured Milk
- Dutch Lady Honeydew Flavoured Milk
- Silang - House of Steamed Potato - Potato Cracker
- 徐 福 记 Puffed Rice Rolls - Butter Corn Flavour
- 徐 福 记 Puffed Rice Rolls - Cheese Flavour
And do u know wat? I actually bought item no. 8 from China in May specially for my son to eat! Damn it. I bringing harm to ah boy! Well, i noe he din finish the whole pkt, neither did he consume them everyday, but i still indirectly 'poison' my son, hb n myself too. Hai.. Next time i will tink TWRICE before gtg China products!
For more info on these products from the AVA, click here.
Anyway, I'm glad my baby milk is safe. They have send me a sms and email to confirm that their ingredients are free from melamine. Below is an email from Mead Johnson:
Dear XXX,
Mead Johnson Nutritionals shares the concerns of parents around the world caused by the recent contamination of infant and children milk in China. Our priority at all time is to help to provide infants and children with the best start in life and we take that responsibility very seriously.
Mead Johnson does not use dairy or protein-containing raw ingredients from China at any of our manufacturing sites. Tests conducted on Mead Johnson products show no trace of Melamine contamination. Mead Johnson assures parents that our product remain safe and nutritious.
Mead Johnson produces millions of cans and boxes of product each year using the highest quality standards; meeting or exceeding those standards established by the governing regulatory agencies in each country in which we do business. Our products are subjected to numerous quality control checks during and after production to ensure our product quality and safety.
If you have any further queries or concerns, please contact our Consumer Care at Toll Free 1-800-345-5213
Yours sincerely,
Roger Dallas
General Manager
Mead Johnson Nutritionals
Singapore / Malaysia / Brunei
I feel very sad for those china babies. As babies main staple food is milk, so imagine drinking poison daily to slowly torture oneself is very cruel lor. And they cant even tell it's poisonous or not. Nowadays, the older generations always say the babies, kids are gtg smarter than our batch when we are young. They say the milk contains more nutrients that speed up the kids' growing up stage. I do hope the 'more' nutrients are safe and suitable for them. I don mind they learn things slow.. as long as they r healthy, live happily, that will be a much better life than grow up fast, and suffer n die fast?
Now, let's hope they catch and hang all the culprits who inserted melamine into milk or food product. And also hope that someone will invert the medicine to cure the kidney stones in babies fast fast!
