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Message: <blockquote data-quote="uocanu" data-source="post: 3227980" data-attributes="member: 2457">Sri Lanka bans 60 food products on melamine fears                 Oct 17, 2008 (LBO) - Sri Lanka's health ministry has banned the import and sale of 60 food products as a precautionary measure following the melamine Chinese milk contamination scandal.                                                                                           The products include milk powder and those using milk as an ingredient such as chocolate and biscuits.  The information department said in a statement the Ministry of Healthcare and Nutrition had taken the decision on the basis of counter measures taken by several other countries to remove contaminated food stocks.  "Supermarkets and all other sales outlets have been advised not to sell banned items," said the statement on the information department's website. Authorities are currently investigating the possibility of contaminated Chinese milk powder being used in other products in Sri Lanka such as biscuits and chocolates, it said. Earlier this week a Sri Lankan chocolate maker Edna was ordered by courts to halt chocolate sales, pending an inquiry by the island's consumer protection office into the use of Chinese milk. The move came after Switzerland's Health Ministry halted sales of three food products, including a Sri Lankan biscuit, which contained traces of melamine, which however it said posed no grave risk to public health. The Sri Lanka biscuit maker, Ceylon Business Limited, has said it is temporarily withdrawing Muchee Lemon Puff biscuits, to reassure customers, though the company does not use any Chinese milk ingredients.                                                                                                       Many countries have pulled melamine-contaminated sweets and drinks from supermarket shelves amid the widening scandal over Chinese milk products tainted with the toxic chemical.  Melamine, which is usually used for making plastics, has been detected in snacks made in China by food multinationals.  Since first appearing in baby milk formula, melamine has been found in a range of products containing Chinese milk.                                </blockquote>

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