Melamine in Mainland Milk Powder Updates

[kara23]

There was a long list of "cleared" milk brands in the Apple Daily newspaper, thank god my toddler's milk Wyeth is cleared.

 

[rani]

why does 'nestle dairy farm milk - catering use ' feature both in DETECTED and NOT DETECTED?....rani could u pls. clarify?

I'll do my best. Looks like the expiry dates are different, and hence must be from different production batches.

 

[nicolejoy]

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...

 

[Neha]

In China they have said that M&M chocolates and also Magnum icecreams have also the tainted milk. scary

 

[Helle]

website that has most up-to-date info

Hi all,
I think this is the site that has the most up to date info on the whole crisis and what they have found so far!
Its so horrible and tragic! Hope they will learn from this and that it wont happen again!
x
Helle
http://www.cfs.gov.hk/english/whats...tr_Test_results_of_dairy_product_samples.html

 

[m2cw2mhk]

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...

 

[Neha]

Starbucks in HK uses milk from australia and Indonesia

 

[aussiegal]

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.

 

[arleneli]

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.

 

[stephchoy]

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