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Milk product positive for melamine--DoH

21 others test negative, it says

By Thea Alberto
INQUIRER.net
First Posted 11:30:00 10/08/2008

Filed Under: Food, Health, Consumer Issues, milk crisis

MANILA, Philippines -- (UPDATE 2) Another milk product has been tested positive for melamine, Health Secretary Francisco Duque said Wednesday, bringing the number to three of 52 products tested so far for the toxic chemical.

Duque said JollyCow Slender High Calcium Low Fat milk (1 Liter) contained 4 ppm (parts per million) of melamine, which was beyond the normal allowable limit of 0.5 ppm.

Duque said melamine was ingested usually as a result of leaching, or when a milk product mixes with its container during production.

Two other milk products that had tested positive for melamine were Yili and Mengyu.

“If you are a 50-kilogram person you can take 25 milliliters of melamine a day,” said Duque.

Duque said those that were found positive for melamine would remain banned in the market until they pass another round of tests by the Bureau of Food and Drugs.

Milk Products that were tested negative for melamine were:

Anmum Materna Milk Powder (Chocolate Flavor) 400 g
Bear Brand Choco, 300g
Bear Brand Sterilized Milk, 200ml
Cadbury Choclairs
Carnation Calcium Plus Non-Fat Milk powder
Klim Instant Full Cream Milk Powder
Milo Chocolate Bar, 40g
Monmilk High Calcium Low Fat milk, 1 Liter
Monmilk Breakfast Milk Walnut Milk Beverage
Monmilk High Deluxe PURE Milk
Nestle Chocolate Flavored Ice Cream
Nestle Dairy Farm Pure Milk
Nestle Fresh Milk, 1 Liter
Nestle Kitkat
Nestle Milk Chocolate, 40g
Nestle Pops Ice Cream
Nestle Flavored Vanilla Ice Cream
Nestogen 1-DHA (now Nestogen One)
Nesvita Cereal Milk Drink
Nutri-Express Milk Drink (Green Apple flavor) 500 ml
Prime Roast Instant Nutritious Cereal, 28g

Duque said these products could be sold in local markets again.

More results of tests taken on 100 more products from China, including canned meat, will be released next week, Duque said.

Duque reiterated that there have been no reports of melamine contamination in the country.

"Una, mga bata ay wala, matanda wala, wala pa report na may namatay [First, with children, then with the older ones, there have been no reports so far," said Duque.

Duque said an individual with a high intake of melamine would most likely have kidney problems, fever, blood in urine, pain in urination and must immediately consult a doctor.

He said that drinking lots of water could prevent melamine contamination.

Meanwhile, Bureau of Food and Drug director Leticia Gutierrez dismissed claims that the
department was to blame for the importation of China products containing melamine.

Gutierrez said the importer would usually go through a tedious process before getting a clearance, with the Bureau of Customs first sending product samples to BFAD.

Gutierrez said products like those that were found to have contained melamine could have passed through "unauthorized" means.

Duque and Gutierrez also reiterated their warning to all stores to follow the ban on melamine-positive dairy products or face charges.

The first batch of products that tested negative for melamine:
Anchor Lite Milk
Anlene High Clacium Low Fat Milk U.H.T. (recombined)
Bear Brand Instant
Chichok Milk Chocolate
Farmland Skim Milk
Jinwei Drink
Jolly Cow Pure Fresh Milk
Kiddie Soya Milk Egg Delight
Lactogen 1
DHA Infant Formula
M&M's Milk Chocolate Candies
M&M's Peanut Chocolate Candies
Milk Boy
Nestogen 2 DHA Follow-up Formula
Nestogen 3 DHA Follow-up Formula
Nido 3+ Prebio with DHA
Nido Full Cream Milk Powder
Nido Junior
No-Sugar Chocolate of Isomaltooligosaccharide (Cocoa Butter Substitute)
Nutri Express Milk Drink
PURA UHT Fresh Milk
Snickers Fresh Roasted in Caramel & soft
Nougat in Thick Milk Chocolate
Vitasoy Soya Hean Milk
Wahaha Orange
Wahaha Yellow
Want-Want Milk Drink (Red Can)
Windmill Skim Milk Powder
Yinlu Milk Peanut
Yogee Yoghurt Flavor Milk Drink



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