Munchee Lemon puff & Thai Milk Cookies withdrawn from Swiss markets

[monson]

Monday, 13 October 2008 18:41

Swiss authorities in the federal State of Geneva have found high level of melamine in some brands of biscuits

from Thailand and Sri Lanka and have called on other European countries to withdraw the products says an AP report.

Tests have proved that Thai biscuits “Milk Cookies S&P” and the Sri Lankan product “Munchee Lemon puff” have high levels of melamine, the chemical additive in milk powder that in mainland China resulted in kidney failures in 54,000 children killing 04 others, a few weeks ago.

EU distribution channels for the two biscuits have been identified, says a Swiss statement according to the same news source and their withdrawal from EU markets should follow.

http://www.lankadissent.com/en/inde...m-swiss-markets&catid=1:latest-news&Itemid=50

CAA dispute Swiss claims

AP report quotes Swiss authorities as saying Melamine found in biscuits in Sri Lanka; The Consumer Affairs Authority says there is no truth to such claims.

-dailymirror.lk

Switzerland pulls Sri Lanka Lemon Puff over melamine scare

GENEVA, October 13, 2008 (AFP) - Switzerland's Health Ministry said Monday it was halting sales of three Chinese-made food products which contained traces of melamine, but stressed there was no grave risk to public health.

"To-date, small traces of melamine were found in two types of biscuits and a brand of caramel sweets," the Health Ministry said in a statement, adding that there was "no reason to fear a danger to health in Switzerland."

In a separate statement, authorities in the canton of Geneva identified the three products as White Rabbit sweets from China, Milk Cookies S&P from Thailand, and LemonPuff Munchee biscuits from Sri Lanka.

Sales of White Rabbit's milk-flavoured sweets were halted in China last week after they were found to contain melamine -- an industrial chemical that was added to Chinese milk to make its protein content seem higher.

The Swiss Health Ministry said that the levels of melamine in the products would only pose a danger to children aged up to 3 years "if they ate more than one kilogram of the biscuits every day for a long period," and that there was no danger for adults.

"However, this contamination with melamine is still not to be tolerated, and the products concerned will be immediately taken off the shelves," the statement said.

Tainted milk has killed at least four children and sickened 53,000 in China in a widening scandal that has put a spotlight on the country's lax food safety standards and lack of corporate accountability.
Many multinational corporations have become implicated, with Unilever recalling milk powder after finding melamine in its Lipton tea products, Cadbury ordering back all mainland China-made chocolate products and Heinz recalling hundreds of cases of baby food.

Swiss find melamine in Thai, Sri Lankan biscuits

October 13, 2008 8:41 AM ET


GENEVA (AP) - Swiss authorities say they have found high concentrations of melamine in biscuits from Thailand and Sri Lanka and have called on other European countries to withdraw the products.

Authorities in the canton (state) of Geneva say tests have shown high melamine levels in the Thai biscuits Milk Cookies S&P and the Sri Lankan candies LemonPuff Munchee.

Melamine in milk has been blamed for the deaths of four infants and for sickening more than 54,000 others in mainland China.

The authorities said in a statement Monday that the European distribution channels for the two biscuits have been identified.

They say tests on a dozen baby milk products have shown no melamine contamination.

Edna chocolates banned in SL for melamine

Monday, 13 October 2008 19:08

The Colombo Magistrate banned Edna choloate products from the market today (Oct 13) on suspicion they contain the chemical melamine, on a request made to Courts by the Consumer Protection Authority.

Edna chocolate manufacturers have been ordered to stop manufacture, distribution and sale of their chocolate products immediately.

Customs sources revealed two containers of milk powder imported by Edna Chocolate manufacturers have been held for investigations.

-lanakdissent.com

 

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CAA dispute Swiss claims

AP report quotes Swiss authorities as saying Melamine found in biscuits in Sri Lanka; The Consumer Affairs Authority says there is no truth to such claims.

 

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[Shiwantha]

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[Pentagram]

tnx 4 d info machan!

 

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[tharakato]

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[4keven4]

budu ammooo..
thawa monawala meke thinawada danne na..?
anith munchee buscuits walath meke athida danne na....

 

[TΞΞNSTAR™]

What is d effect of dat chemical Melamine???????????

 

[Tharindu Chat]

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Hoda welawata api owa kan na

 

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[monson]

Munchee is safe: CBL


Ceylon Biscuits Ltd (CBL), producers of Munchee biscuits, said it did not use any Chinese milk products in its brands and its products were safe for consumption.

The statement comes after Swiss authorities found traces of melamine in Lemon Puff biscuits made by CBL. The findings were announced on Monday. “CBL Group states categorically that, they never used and are not using milk and milk products from China, in the manufacture of any of their Group products,” the company said in the release.

CBL said it followed stringent quality control measures in accordance with international and local standards, materials were tested before use, and its products met international and local food regulations. CBL says all its products are safe.

http://www.thebottomline.lk/2008/10/15/index 16.htm

 

[AtulaSiriwardane]

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He was born to teach
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[AtulaSiriwardane]

What is d effect of dat chemical Melamine???????????

Why Melamine is dangerous...

Melamine by itself is nontoxic in low doses, but when combined with cyanuric acid it can cause fatal kidney stones due to the formation of an insoluble melamine cyanurate.[12] Melamine is described as being "Harmful if swallowed, inhaled or absorbed through the skin. Chronic exposure may cause cancer or reproductive damage. Eye, skin and respiratory irritant.” However, the toxic dose is on a par with common table salt with an LD50 of more than 3 grams per kilogram of bodyweight.[13] FDA scientists explained that when melamine and cyanuric acid are absorbed into the bloodstream, they concentrate and interact in the urine-filled renal microtubules, then crystallize and form large numbers of round, yellow crystals, which in turn block and damage the renal cells that line the tubes, causing the kidneys to malfunction.[14]

Acute toxicity

Melamine is reported to have an oral LD50 of 3248 mg/kg based on rat data. It is also an irritant when inhaled or in contact with the skin or eyes. The reported dermal LD50 is >1000 mg/kg for rabbits.[15] In a 1945 study, large doses of melamine were given orally to rats, rabbits and dogs with "no significant toxic effects" observed.[16]
A study by USSR researchers in the 1980s suggested that melamine cyanurate, commonly used as a fire retardant[17], could be more toxic than either melamine or cyanuric acid alone.[18] For rats and mice, the reported LD50 for melamine cyanurate was 4.1 g/kg (given inside the stomach) and 3.5 g/kg (via inhalation), compared to 6.0 and 4.3 g/kg for melamine and 7.7 and 3.4 g/kg for cyanuric acid, respectively.
A toxicology study conducted after recalls of contaminated pet food concluded that the combination of melamine and cyanuric acid in diet does lead to acute renal failure in cats.[19]

Chronic toxicity

Ingestion of melamine may lead to reproductive damage, or bladder or kidney stones, which can lead to bladder cancer.[15][20][21][22][23]
A study in 1953 reported that dogs fed 3% melamine for a year had the following changes in their urine: (1) reduced specific gravity, (2) increased output, (3) melamine crystalluria, and (4) protein and occult blood.[24]
A survey commissioned by the American Association of Veterinary Laboratory Diagnosticians suggested that crystals formed in the kidneys melamine combined with cyanuric acid, "don't dissolve easily. They go away slowly, if at all, so there is the potential for chronic toxicity."[25][26][27]

 

[thara92]

Munchee lemonpuff

[ HI every one

Sri lankan ministry of health has confirm that Munchee products are free of Melamine, how ever srilankan authorities should declair a tolarance of contamination of meamine in food products as this will be a real issue in time to come

 

[RuwinRTY]

wat happens if v eat melamine

 

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