Food Safety - FLEXNEWS

Czech Authorities Impound Indian Guar Gum Batch Contaminated with PCP 7 Oct, 2008 – Food safety officials in the Czech Republic have detained a shipment of Indian guar gum after tests revealed it contained illegal levels of pentachlorophenol (PCP).

07/10/2008

US: FDA Detects Melamine Contamination in Flavoured Drink 7 Oct, 2008 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has increased inspections and product testing efforts in response to the melamine contamination problem which originated in Chinese dairy products. As a result of the FDA's on-going testing program, the agency has detected melamine contamination in Blue Cat Flavor Drinks.

07/10/2008

Finland Recalls Chinese Sweets as a Precaution Helsinki, Oct 7 - Finland has withdrawn Chinese Koala biscuits and White Rabbit sweets from the market as a precaution, Finland's Food Safety Authority said on Monday.

07/10/2008

China Says Latest Testing on 75 Liquid Milk Brands Showed No Melamine Traces 7 October 2008 - China's General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) communicated today the results of its latest sampings on liquid milk in the domestic market.

07/10/2008

Hungary: Melamine Detected in Chinese Restaurants and in Nestle Product Budapest, 6 Oct, 2008 – Traces of melamine have been discovered in products in a number of Chinese restaurants in Hungary, food safety official said today. It was also confirmed that melamine tainted Nestle products discovered at the weekend would be tested further.

06/10/2008

China Vows Clean Up of "chaotic" Dairy Sector Beijing, Oct 6 - China's dairy industry suffers from chaotic production and lax oversight, the government said on Monday, announcing toughened rules after tainted milk products left thousands ill and shook confidence in "made-in-China."

06/10/2008

Iran Bans China Dairy Goods on Contamination Fears Tehran, Oct 6 - Iran has banned imports of Chinese dairy products as the health scandal over toxic milk continues at home and abroad, the Kayhan newspaper said on Monday.

06/10/2008

Cook Frozen Chicken Entrees Properly, USDA Urges Washington, Oct 6 - The U.S. government on Friday urged consumers to follow package cooking instructions after 32 people in 12 states got Salmonella poisoning after eating frozen stuffed chicken entrees that were raw but breaded.

06/10/2008

China Detains Six Suspected in Milk Scandal Beijing, Oct 6 - Chinese police have detained six people suspected of producing and selling melamine, the chemical at the centre of the country's scandal over tainted dairy products, the official Xinhua news agency said.

06/10/2008

UK: White Rabbit Sweets Withdrawn due to Melamine Contamination 6 Oct, 200_ - The Agency is alerting the public about certain batches of White Rabbit Creamy Candies from China which are on sale in the UK and have been found to contain melamine at levels of 11.25mg/kg, 152mg/kg and 80 mg/kg respectively.

06/10/2008

Hong Kong Finds Melamine in Two Cadbury Products Hong Kong, Oct 6 - A Hong Kong laboratory has found excessive amounts of the industrial chemical melamine in two types of Cadbury Plc chocolate made in China that the firm recalled last week as a precaution.

06/10/2008

South Korea Finds Melamine in China-Made Snickers, KitKat Seoul, Oct 4 - South Korea's food watchdog has ordered China-manufactured snacks from Nestle SA and Mars Inc to be taken off shelves after detecting melamine in their samples, it said on Saturday.

06/10/2008

US: FDA Issues Interim Safety and Risk Assessment of Melamine and Melamine-related Compounds in Food 3 Oct, 2008 - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today issued the results of its interim safety and risk assessment of melamine and melamine-related compounds in food, including infant formula.

03/10/2008

Melamine Tainted Milk Discovered in Philippines; Uruguay Bans Chinese Dairy Products; More Tainted Candy from China 3 October - Food authorities in the Philippines have said two Chinese milk products have tested positive for melamine and ordered they be pulled from sale in shops across the country.

03/10/2008

Austria: Melamine Detected in Milkshake 2 October 2008 - The Austrian health ministry has said that some illegally-imported Chinese milkshake containing melamine has been discovered on sale in in a Chinese restaurant.

02/10/2008

China Says Milk Clean, Dairy Scare Spreads Abroad Beijing, Oct 2 - China tried to repair confidence in its dairy products on Thursday, saying the latest chemical tests had come back clean, as the country's tainted milk scandal reverberated around the world.

02/10/2008

Chinese Government Promises to Stop Exports of Dairy Products 2 Oct, 2008 - The Chinese Government has vowed to stop dairy exports until it can guarantee their safety, a Japanese official has said.

02/10/2008

France: Salmonella Outbreak in Infants Linked to Baby Milk Formula 30 September 2008 - On Thursday 18 September 2008, the hospital of Nantes in west France informed the District Health Office of a case of salmonellosis in an exclusively bottle-fed infant.

02/10/2008

Belgium: High levels of Melamine Found in Chinese 'White Rabbit' Sweets 2 Oct, 2008 – Belgium has become the latest country to find China-made sweets contaminated with high levels of melamine.

02/10/2008

UK: Koala Biscuits Withdrawn Due to Melamine Contamination October 01, 2008 - The Food Standards Agency is today alerting the public about a brand of biscuits from China on sale in the UK that have been found to contain low levels of melamine (4.98 mg/kg).
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